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Wednesday October 3, 2007 Finished Weserstadion

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Bremen

  • Almeida 32’

Olympiacos CFP

  • Stoltidis 73’
  • Patsatzoglou 82’
  • Kovacevic 87’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bremen
    • Olympiacos CFP
    • 90' And there is the final whistle - MAJOR shock here in Germany - Olympiacos have beaten Bremen 3-1.
    • 90+3 They don't even look like getting one let alone the two they need - a shocker of a second-half from the German side.
    • 90' Bremen have three minutes to try and save this!!!
    • 87' AND THEY HAVE CLOSED IT OUT - Raul Bravo's volley is only parried by Vander (who has had a shocker) and Kovacevic is there to tap home.
    • 86' Pantos on for Torosidis as the Greeks look to close this out.
    • 82' OLYMPIACOS GO IN FRONT!!!! Christos Patsatzoglu with a bullet of a strike from 30 yards out - it deflects off Mertesacker and flies into the net. MASSIVE shock on the cards here.
    • 79' GREAT SAVE BY NIKOPOLIDIS!!! Point blank to deny a header from Mertesacker.
    • 76' Sanogo comes on for Rosenberg as Bremen look to press on for the win - it doesn't look likely at the moment though.
    • 72' OLYMPIACOS ARE LEVEL - Seconds after coming Darko Kovacevic (yes the former Sheffield Wednesday and Juve man) fires a shot that Vander can only parry and Ieroklis Stolidis is there to put home the rebound.
    • 70' Ledesma into the book for a heavy challenge on Almedia.
    • 66' GOAL DISALLOWED for Olympiacos - Vander makes a meal of trying to save a low drive from Djordjevic, spills it, and LuaLua taps home, but the Congo man was offside when the initial shot came in.
    • 65' Rosenberg very lucky to not get a goal tonight - he reacts quickest to volley Almeida's cross but it goes just wide again.
    • 62' Breman make their first change of the night as Tim Borowski comes on for Clemens Fritz.
    • 60' Cracking drive from all of 35 yards from Galletti almost catches out Vander but the German keeper bats it away.
    • 58' Bremen looking like they are in control of things again - they are stroking the ball around with confidence - it has been very dull half of football so far though with few chances at either end.
    • 53' Almedia played in by Jensen but the striker then tries to dink it over Nikopolidis when a more powerful shot would have been a wiser choice.
    • 51' Olympiacos having lots of possession in the early stages of this half but they are yet to create a chance.
    • 46' And we are back underway here in North Germany...
    • 45' And there is the half-time whistle, it took a while for Bremen to get in top but they were full value for that lead by the end of the half.
    • 43' Another good chance Jensen's low shot is blocked - it then looked like it was going to fall kindly for Rosenberg to roll in before Raul Bravo came from nowhere with a diving tackle to clear.
    • 41' Rosenberg could have scored a hat-trick of headers tonight - his latest from a free kick had to be pushed wide by Nikopolidis.
    • 35' Some great noise from the German fans now who know their team need to win this match after having lost to Madrid in their opening game.
    • 32' And Bremen do have the lead - it is Hugo Alemeida who fires home from close range at the back post after Rosenberg flicked on a cross from Daniel Jensen.
    • 28' Rosenberg has just flashed another header just wide as Bremen look for that breakthrough goal.
    • 23' Long ball over the top sees Galletti free and cutting inside to face Vander one-on-one he fires low but Vander sticks his foot out to clear the danger. Good save by the Bremen keeper.
    • 18' Bad news for Olympiacos they are forced to make a change. Didier Domi has hobbled off with Julio Cesar coming on in his place.
    • 16' Bremen starting to get more and more balls into the box now as they get on top on the Greeks.
    • 14' Rosenberg with a diving header for Bremen but that goes harmlessly over the bar.
    • 11' Almedia takes advatange of a Pasanen slip to flick the ball up in the box but as he looks to then shoot Raul Bravo gets his body in the way and manages to clear.
    • 9' Olympiacos are doing ok here, they have had another couple of attempts on target but both a long range effort from Ledesma and a LuaLua header were straight at Vander.
    • 6' Superb save by Nikopolids at the other end denies Bremen an opener - Almeida found himself one-on-one with the Greek keeper but Nikopolids rushed out quickly and saved from close range.
    • 4' The first shot of the match comes from the visitors it is LuaLua who is found on the break he uses his pace to drive forward and tries to curl home from outside the box - too straight though - and Vander saves with ease.
    • 1' And we are underway...
    • - A couple of familar faces in the Olympiacos team - Raul Bravo (ex-Leeds), Didier Domi (ex-Newcastle) and of course Lomana LuaLua all in their starting line-up.
    • - Welcome folks to this Champions League tie between Bremen and Olympiacos. The Greeks are infamously bad on their travels but let's see if they can get things going tonight.

  • Team Stats

    Bremen Stats Olympiacos CFP
    63% Possession 36%
    16 Shots 16
    6 Shots on target 12
    0 Saves 0
    6 Corners 3
    13 Fouls 11
    1 Offsides 8
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 25
    433 Accurate passes 239
    57 Bad passes 25

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Bremen
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      33 Christian Vander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0
      29 Per Mertesacker 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 63 1 2
      13 Dusko Tosic 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 23 8 1
      8 Clemens Fritz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 1 3
      3 Petri Pasanen 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 43 0 2
      4 Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 61 5 5
      22 Torsten Frings 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 91 15 4
      10 Diego Ribas da Cunha 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 38 11 0
      20 Daniel Jensen 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 43 11 2
      9 Markus Rosenberg 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 14 1 1
      23 Hugo Almeida 1 6 3 0 3 0 0 11 0 0
      18 Boubacar Sanogo 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
      40 Nico Pellatz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Leon Andreasen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Martin Harnik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Jurica Vranjes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Kevin Schindler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Tim Borowski 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 1 0
    • Olympiacos CFP
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      71 Antonis Nikopolidis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0
      18 Paraskevas Antzas 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 0 3
      15 Raul Bravo 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16 3 3
      3 Didier Domi 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 3 0
      2 Christos Patsatzoglou 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 19 1 2
      35 Vassilas Torosidis 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17 0 3
      7 Luciano Galletti 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 15 0 3
      6 Ieroklis Stoltidis 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 31 4 3
      28 Cristian Raúl Ledesma 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 35 4 5
      11 Predrag Djordjevic 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 28 4 0
      32 Tresor Lomana Lua Lua 0 4 3 0 1 4 0 20 4 0
      9 Darko Kovacevic 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 8 1 0
      87 Michalis Sifakis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Rodrigo Archubi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Anastasios Pantos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
      5 Julio César Julio César 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 2
      23 Michalis Konstantinou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Leonel Núnez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 87' AND THEY HAVE CLOSED IT OUT - Raul Bravo's volley is only parried by Vander (who has had a shocker) and Kovacevic is there to tap home.
    • 82' OLYMPIACOS GO IN FRONT!!!! Christos Patsatzoglu with a bullet of a strike from 30 yards out - it deflects off Mertesacker and flies into the net. MASSIVE shock on the cards here.
    • 79' GREAT SAVE BY NIKOPOLIDIS!!! Point blank to deny a header from Mertesacker.
    • 66' GOAL DISALLOWED for Olympiacos - Vander makes a meal of trying to save a low drive from Djordjevic, spills it, and LuaLua taps home, but the Congo man was offside when the initial shot came in.
    • 65' Rosenberg very lucky to not get a goal tonight - he reacts quickest to volley Almeida's cross but it goes just wide again.
    • 60' Cracking drive from all of 35 yards from Galletti almost catches out Vander but the German keeper bats it away.
    • 43' Another good chance Jensen's low shot is blocked - it then looked like it was going to fall kindly for Rosenberg to roll in before Raul Bravo came from nowhere with a diving tackle to clear.
    • 41' Rosenberg could have scored a hat-trick of headers tonight - his latest from a free kick had to be pushed wide by Nikopolidis.
    • 32' And Bremen do have the lead - it is Hugo Alemeida who fires home from close range at the back post after Rosenberg flicked on a cross from Daniel Jensen.
    • 23' Long ball over the top sees Galletti free and cutting inside to face Vander one-on-one he fires low but Vander sticks his foot out to clear the danger. Good save by the Bremen keeper.
    • 6' Superb save by Nikopolids at the other end denies Bremen an opener - Almeida found himself one-on-one with the Greek keeper but Nikopolids rushed out quickly and saved from close range.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

  • Bremen

    Manager: Thomas Schaaf

    Captain: Torsten Frings

    Starting line-up

    • C. Vander
    • P. Pasanen
    • P. Mertesacker
    • A. Naldo
    • D. Tosic
    • C. Fritz Substitution Out (63′)
    • D. Ribas "Diego"
    • T. Frings
    • D. Jensen
    • M. Rosenberg Substitution Out (76′)
    • H. Almeida Goal

    Subs

    • J. Vranjes
    • T. Borowski Substitution In63′
    • 18. B. Sanogo Substitution In76′
    • M. Harnik
    • N. Pellatz
    • K. Schindler
    • L. Andreasen

    Injured

    • F. Baumann
    • T. Wiese

    Suspended

    None

  • Olympiacos CFP

    Manager: Panagiotis Lemonis

    Captain: Pedrag Djordjevic

    Starting line-up

    • A. Nikopolidis
    • V. Torossidis Substitution Out (86′)
    • P. Antzas
    • R. Bravo
    • D. Domi Substitution Out (17′)
    • C. Patsatzoglou Goal
    • L. Galletti Substitution Out (72′)
    • C. Ledesma Yellow Card
    • I. Stoltidis Goal
    • P. Djordjevic
    • L. LuaLua

    Subs

    • D. Kovacevic Substitution In72′ Goal
    • M. Sifakis
    • M. Konstantinou
    • M. Zewlakow
    • J. Cesar
    • A. Pantos Substitution In86′
    • L. Núñez
    • R. Archubi

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None