Real Madrid 2 - Lokomotiv Moscow 2

Real Madrid: Casillas; Michel Salgado, Hierro, Pavón, Roberto Carlos; Makelele (Flavio Conceiçao 32'), Cambiasso (Morientes 77'); Figo, Raúl, Zidane; Ronaldo (Guti 46'). 4-2-3-1.
Lokomotiv: Ovchinnikov; Nizhegorodov, Ignashevitch, Pashinin; Lekcetho, Maminov, Loskov, Mnguni, Evseev; Pimenov (Drozdov 81'), Julio César (Obiorah 46'). 3-5-2.

Goals:
1-0. 21. Raúl. Took pass from Ronaldo and scored from wide angle.
1-1. 47. Obiorah. Cut into penalty area and shot in from right of goal.
1-2. 74. Mnguni. Rounded defender and shot in off Pavón's foot.
2-2. 76. Raúl. Chested ball over line after keeper touched out Figo cross

Another surprise at the Bernabeu stadium, where Real Madrid were held to a draw by Lokomotiv Moscow, who they beat 4-0 the year before. The battling Russian side have improved since those days though, and as well as winning their home league were one of the surprise qualifiers for the second phase. Once again Del Bosque was taking no chances, and he put out his best available starting line up, only missing the suspended Iván Helguera from the side which won the Intercontinental cup eight days ago in Japan.

The first couple of chances fell to Ronaldo, but he was clearly tired after a long week and failed to beat Ovchinnikov. Casillas had to save from Pimenov at the other end, but almost immediately the Spaniards took the lead, Raúl beating the keeper from a wide angle after rounding Evseev for his 200th goal in a Real Madrid shirt. Injuries started to pile up though, with Makelele limping off to be replaced by Flavio before the break and Ronaldo complaining of a muscle strain at half time and being substituted by Guti. Lokomotiv also made a change, Obiorah coming on for Julio Cesar ,and within three minutes the Nigerian born striker got the better of Pavón to beat Casillas.

Madrid's frustrations grew as they fought in vain to find a way through, with Raúl failing to capitalise on a Figo cross and Roberto Carlos firing a shot just wide. Then with a quarter of an hour to go the visitors silenced the crowd when Mnguni cut in and fired a shot past Casillas to put his side ahead. The lead only lasted two minutes though before Raúl struck again, forcing the ball over the line with his chest after the keeper got a hand to Figo's cross.

Real Madrid were hit with another injury eight minutes from the end when Hierro limped to the touchline holding his ankle and had to be carried away on a stretcher. With all substitutions made they carried on with ten men, but were let off the hook in the last second when English referee Graham Barber blew the final whistle as Obiorah advanced alone on Casillas' goal. The draw in the end saved Madrid's blushes, but they have now gone six games in the competition without a win, and with only one point from their first two games they will have it all to do when everything resumes in February.