APOEL vs. Real Madrid: Champions League Quarterfinal Live Score, Analysis, Recap
March 26, 2012Cinderella's still at the ball, but it's getting awfully late.
APOEL's storybook run in the UEFA Champions League continues Tuesday with a quarterfinal home match against mighty Real Madrid. If you're picking APOEL to win, there's a better than average chance you're reading from Cyprus.
But as Chelsea showed us in the last round, it's never wise to rule out any team in this competition. APOEL will be a long-shot, but a fair shot is exactly what they'll have against Cristiano Ronaldo and the rest of Madrid's galaxy of stars.
Kickoff is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. ET and we'll have live commentary starting at 2:30. See you then.
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Lineups
APOEL: Dionisis Chiotis, Paulo Gomes, Marcelo de Oliveira, William Boaventura, Savvas Poursaitidis, Helio Pinto, Nuno Morais, Nektarious Alexandrou, Costas Charalambides, Aílton Almeida, Ivan Trickovski
Subs: Marcinho, Esteban Solari, Urko Pardo, Kaka, Athos Solomou, Aldo Adorno, Helder Sousa
Real Madrid: Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Fabio Coentrão, Alvaro Arbeloa, Nuri Sahin, SamiKhedira, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Gonzalo Higuaín, Mesut Özil
Subs: Kaka, Raul Albiol, Hamit Altintop, Marcelo, Antonio Adan, Esteban Granero, Raphael Varane
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Goals
Real Madrid: Karim Benzema (74', 90'); Kaka (82')