Europa League - Carroll the hero as Olympiacos beat Rubin

Tue, 14 Feb 13:02:00 2012

Substitute Roy Carroll saved a late penalty to preserve a 1-0 win for Olympiacos in a Europa League last-32 first leg against Rubin Kazan.

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The former Manchester United man came off the bench after Balazs Megyeri saw red for bringing down Gokdeniz Karadeniz on 73 minutes.

The Northern Irishman made a diving stop to keep out Natcho's spot-kick and Olympiacos held out for a precious away win in a match played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, some 500 miles from Kazan.

Carroll's moment of glory came on 76 minutes, just five minutes after David Fuster struck the game's only goal, firing low through a sea of legs after Rubin failed to clear a corner adequately.

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  1. Good keeper who has had a rough time. All the best­ Roy!!

    From Dave, on Thu 16 Feb 9:37

  2. thumbs up if you clicked this story thinking it was­ about ANDY Carroll!!!!!!

    From DAVE, on Wed 15 Feb 0:54

  3. I thought Liverpool had done a quickie offloading deal­ to Olympiacos when I read the headline.

    From Kevin H, on Wed 15 Feb 0:32

  4. funny how Eriks gets thumbed down for no reason.. while­ Andrew insults Carrol almost to the point of wish him­ dead and no one seems to worry ... lol ...
    good ol'­ Carroll at least left the country and tries to play­ in a different league no matter what reason...

    From Pedro, on Wed 15 Feb 0:30
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    Old Sucker Lips! The Bottom Feeder! thought he'd­ died or something!?

    From ANDREW, on Wed 15 Feb 0:17

  6. haha still remember the "goal that never was"­ against tottenham in 2005.

    From Hong the Real Madrid fan, on Tue 14 Feb 23:08
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    So nice job Roy Carroll, who ever you are!

    From Eriks, on Tue 14 Feb 22:31

  8. lol what an epic fail my comment is ;DDDDDDDDDDD
    I­ didn't even look at the article before commenting!­ ;DDDD

    From Eriks, on Tue 14 Feb 22:16

  9. Carroll scored? It can't be... Oh it is a different­ Carroll...
    I saw the headline and didn't believe­ it, but now it makes sense! ;)

    From Eriks, on Tue 14 Feb 22:15

  10. well done caroll let's go to the final

    From sigman_1998, on Tue 14 Feb 22:15
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