Olympiacos 2 - Valencia 4

Olympiacos: Nikopolidis, Zewlakow (Pantos 46'), Anatolakis (Julio César 69'), Ouaddou, Domi; Kafes, Stoltidis, Rivaldo; Castillo, Konstantinou, Djordjevic. 4-3-3.
Valencia: Cañizares, Miguel, Raúl Albiol, Ayala, Moretti; Angulo, Marchena, Edu, Gavilán (David Silva 72'); David Villa (Regueiro 81'), Morientes (Jorge López 90'). 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 28. Konstantinou. Chested down Stoltidis pass and poked shot past Cañizares.
1-1. 34. Morientes. Got on the end of David Villa cross to turn ball into net.
1-2. 39. Morientes. Following up after Angulo's shot blocked by Nikopolidis.
2-2. 66. Castillo. Controlled long pass on chest and hit angled shot past keeper.
2-3. 85. Raúl Albiol. Blasted ball back in to net after Reguerio corner not cleared.
2-4. 90. Morientes. Got above defence to head David Silva corner in on far post.

A hat-trick from Fernando Morientes gave Valencia a 2-4 win in their opening match against Olympiakos. Curiously Spanish sides have never won in Greece in European competitions, and the trend appeared to be continuing as the locals dominated the early play before Konstantinou controlled Stoltidis's pass to open the scoring.

But the ex Real Madrid and Liverpool striker scored two in five minutes before the break to turn the scoreline around, the first from close up after David Villa set him up, and the second on a quick breakaway after Angulo's shot was saved by Nikopolidis.

Villa should have wrapped things up after the restart, but on three separate occasions he was unable to beat the keeper when free on goal. Cañizares had to keep out a Konstantinou header soon afterwards though, and Castillo levelled the scores after controlling Djordjevic's long ball on his chest before shooting across the keeper.

Rivaldo could have put the locals ahead when he shot wide with the goal at his mercy. But with five minutes to go Raúl Albiol restored the lead for the Spaniards with a fierce shot following a corner, and Morientes wrapped things up, heading home David Silva's corner in the last minute to complete his hat-trick and take his tally in the Champions League to 30 goals. The first three points were on the board, and Valencia are back!