Mallorca 1 -
Panathinaikos 0
Mallorca: Miki;
Olaizola, Fernando Niño, Nadal, Miguel Soler; Campano, Marcos, Paunovic
(Robles 70'), Novo (Paco Soler 62'); Biagini (Luque 80'), Eto'o. 4-4-2.
Panathinaikos: Nikopolidis; Goumos, Vokolos, Kyrgiakos; Saric,
Boateng, Karagounis (Konstantinou 82'), Fissas; Liberopoulos, Vlaovic (Warzycha
82'), Kolkka (Galetto 72'). 3-4-3.
Goals: 1-0. 56. Biagini.
Shot in off keeper from close range after Eto'o square pass.
Biagini's first goal of the
season gave Mallorca a 1-0 victory over leaders Panathinaikos, taking them
through to a place in the last 32 of the UEFA cup as the third placed side in
their group. With the relaxed Greek side already qualified for the second phase
Mallorca were in control for most of the match, and Paunovic brought a couple
of saves out of Nikopolidis before the break. The visitors went close through
ex Valencia striker Vlaovic, but Mallorca took the lead with just under an hour
gone, the Greek keeper unfortunately taking the ball in to his own net as the
Argentine forward connected weakly with Eto'o's pass.
The goal gave Mallorca more
confidence in themselves, and Campano saw a shot cleared off the line by
Kyrgiakos soon afterwards. Keeper Miki, making his debut in the Champions
League, saved from Vlaovic, but otherwise Kresic's side were not troubled and
they went on to secure the victory. In any case a draw would have been enough,
and with Arsenal losing to Schalke 04 they must be ruing the last minute goal
they conceded against the English club which it turns out cost them second
place on head-to-head goal average. The final table was as follows:
Panathinaikos 12 points; Arsenal 9 points; Mallorca 9 points; Schalke 6 points.
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