Olympiacos 0 - Real
Madrid 0
Olympiacos:
Nikopolidis; Pantos, Zewlakow, Julio César (Mendrinos 74'),
Raúl Bravo (Archubo 53'); Galletti, Stoltidis, Patsatzoglou, Djordjevic;
Lua Lua, Kovacevic (Konstantinou 80'). 4-4-2. Madrid: Casillas;
Sergio Ramos, Cannavaro, Heinze, Marcelo; Robinho (Balboa 82'), Diarra, Gago,
Sneijder; Raúl (Saviola 82'), Van Nistelrooy. 4-4-2.
Goals: None.
Real Madrid picked up
another point in a fairly dull goal-less draw against Olympiacos, and they move
a step closer to qualifying as a result. The Merengues had never won in Greece
in European competitions, but Bernd Schuster's side had the better chances in
the first half, Robinho and Sneijder testing Nikopolidis and Raúl and
Van Nistelrooy both hitting the woodwork.
Olympiacos had hardly
approached Casillas's goal in the first half, but Lua Lua and Galletti missed
consecutive chances after the restart, That was about it for the locals though,
and Sneijder could have won it with a late effort which Nikopolidis saved.
Madrid ended the day on eight points, and one more victory will see them
through. |