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Marseille 1–0 Chelsea: UEFA Champions League, 29 February 2000
Marseille and Chelsea finished 1–0 in the UEFA Champions League on 29 February 2000. The match was played in the second group stage in Marseille.
2000-02-29 · Marseille
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The match
Marseille and Chelsea finished 1–0 in the UEFA Champions League on 29 February 2000. The match was played in the second group stage in Marseille.
Marseille won the match by 1 goal.
Goals and key incidents
Robert Pirès scored in minute 16 (Marseille).
Competition and tie context
The same sides also met on 8 March 2000, when Chelsea finished 1–0 against Marseille. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.
The fixture was played in Group D of the second group stage. The match result belongs to this stage of the competition in the 1999/00 season.
Venue and attendance
The UEFA match record identifies the venue as Stade Vélodrome, Marseille.
The recorded attendance was 24,700 spectators.
The teams’ wider campaign
Marseille came into this fixture after a Feyenoord 3–0 Marseille result on 7 December 1999 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Chelsea 1–0 Marseille on 8 March 2000.
Chelsea came into this fixture after a Lazio 0–0 Chelsea result on 7 December 1999 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Chelsea 1–0 Marseille on 8 March 2000.
Sources
Check the original record.
Open the governing body or organiser’s publication for the underlying result, decision or tournament update.