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Olympiacos CFP

  • Stoltidis 12’, 74’
  • Kovacevic 70’

Bremen

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Olympiacos CFP
    • Bremen
    • 90+2' It's all over! The referee's whistle sounds, and Olympiacos are through to the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time since 1998-1999. Flares in the stands, warm embraces on the touchline and a lap of honour from the players. Wonderful stuff.
    • 90' What a save by Nikopolidis! Diego clips a free-kick over the wall and it's heading for the top-left corner but the veteran Greek 'keeper springs to his right to push it away!
    • 88' Good save Wiese! Vasilis Torosidis scampers through and attempts to loft the ball over Wiese from the edge of the box, but the German stopper claws it away!
    • 84' Luciano Galletti goes off for Olympiacos, and Argentine forward Leonel Nunez comes on to enjoy the celebrations.
    • 83' Bremen still coming forward, and still the home side repel them! It's been a frustrating night for the Germans.
    • 82' Kovacevic makes way for Konstantinos Metroglou. It's all smiles on the Olympiacos bench, and who can blame them?
    • 78' Nothing left to play for here, but Bremen are still attacking gamely, which is to their credit.
    • 74' GOAL! 3-0 Olympiacos! And there are scenes of utter delerium here! Galletti swings in a corner from the right, Julio Cesar heads the ball down and Stoltidis neatly controls the ball and hammers it low into the net!
    • 72' Bremen's Daniel Jensen is booked, presumably for protesting about something.
    • 71' GOAL! 2-0 Olympiacos! And it's a tremendous header from Kovacevic! Stoltidis curls a ball into the box from the left, and the Serbian gets in front of Naldo to direct a strong header past Wiese! And with that, Group C is all over.
    • 69' Ouch! Tim Borowski is the victim of a painful clash of heads, and he leaves the pitch to receive treatment.
    • 67' Bremen are stepping up their hunt for an equaliser. Sanogo comes off and Portuguese striker Hugo Almeida enters the fray.
    • 66' Corner to Olympiacos. It's a great in-swinging delivery from the left, but Sanogo heads it clear from just inside his own six yard box!
    • 62' What a chance for Bremen! Sanogo meets a right-wing cross with a thumping downward header from the edge of the six yard box, but Nikopolidis somehow manages to push it out!
    • 58' Bremen make a change. Jurica Vranjes is replaced by Aaron Hunt, whose English-sounding name is a result of his having an English mother.
    • 57' Olympiacos break and Luciano Galletti looks to be clean through on goal, but he's offside. As is Kovacevic, much to his disappointment.
    • 55' As predicted, Bremen are really forcing the issue here, but Olympiacos are holding firm so far.
    • 48' Chance for Bremen, but it's kicked off the line! They win a corner, Naldo soars above the Olympiacos defence and powers a header goalwards, but it's hacked clear from right underneath the crossbar!
    • 46' The second half begins.
    • 45+2' It's half-time. Olympiacos are in front thanks to a lovely goal from Ieroklis Stoltidis and have had chances to extend their lead. Bremen will have to throw caution to the wind in the second half if they are to stand any chance of salvaging their Champions League campaign.
    • 45' There will be two minutes of injury time.
    • 42' More argy-bargy! Rosenberg takes exception to a rash late tackle from Paraskevas Antzas, and they both go into the book.
    • 41' What a chance for Olympiacos! Lua Lua finds Darko Kovacevic in space on the left side of the Bremen box and the Serbian gets in a low shot but Wiese drops to his left to make the save!
    • 40' Five minutes until half-time. Bremen are getting lots of men forward, but they're looking very exposed at the back when Olympiacos break.
    • 33' So close for Bremen! Naldo rises to meet a corner from the right with a downward header, but the on-rushing Rosenberg just can't get a touch and the ball goes out for a goal kick!
    • 31' Oh dear. There's a bit of unsightliness here, as Markus Rosenberg pushes Stoltidis to the ground, slyly kicks him in the back and then trots round him so he can kick the ball at his stomach! But the ref has a quiet word, and play continues.
    • 29' Olympiacos break suddenly, and they've got men forward in numbers but the pass is delayed and the linesman's flag allows Bremen to breathe again.
    • 25' An early change for the home side. Christos Patsatzoglou has picked up a knock, and he hobbles off to be replaced by Konstantinos Mendrinos.
    • 24' Great stuff from Nikopolidis! He spills a fairly tame shot from Tim Borowski, but with Sanogo closing in he spreads himself to make a terrific recovery save!
    • 16' Sight of goal for Olympiacos! Lua Lua chests the ball into the air on the edge of the Bremen box and fires in a volley that flashes just wide of Wiese's left-hand post!
    • 13' GOAL! 1-0 Olympiacos! Lomano Lua Lua finds Ieroklis Stoltidis in space, and from 25 yards out he crashes a left-footed drive across Tim Wiese and into the net!
    • 8' What a chance for Bremen! Diego shoots from the edge of the box, Antonios Nikopolodis parries and Boubacar Sanogo somehow manages to put the rebound wide!
    • 1' The game is underway! Olympiacos are in red and white striped shirts, red shorts and red socks, while Werder Bremen sport their distinctive green shirts, white shorts and white socks.
    • - Olympiacos need just a point to progress to the knockout stages for the first time since 1998-1999. For Bremen to go through, they have to win.
    • - Bremen are bolstered by the return from suspension of Brazilian play-maker Diego. Defender Per Mertesacker starts on the bench, so captain Frank Baumann drops into the back four. Finnish defender Petri Pasanen has shrugged off a virus to play.
    • - The home side are without suspended captain Predrag Djordjevic, but Christos Patsatzoglou and Michal Zewlakow have overcome injuries to start.
    • - Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
    • - Werder Bremen: Wiese; Fritz, Baumann, Naldo, Pasanen; Jensen, Vranjes, Borowski; Diego; Sanogo, Rosenberg
    • - Olympiacos: Nikopolidis; Torosidis, Zewlakow, Antzas, Pantos; Patsatzoglou, Ledesma, Stoltidis, Galletti; Kovacevic, LuaLua
    • - Good evening and thank-you for joining us for eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Group C game from the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens. Kick-off is at 19:45 GMT.

  • Team Stats

    Olympiacos CFP Stats Bremen
    33% Possession 66%
    9 Shots 19
    5 Shots on target 7
    0 Saves 0
    3 Corners 8
    17 Fouls 19
    7 Offsides 1
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    27 Tackles 25
    139 Accurate passes 328
    38 Bad passes 28

  • 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
    • Olympiacos CFP
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      71 Antonis Nikopolidis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 4 0
      14 Michal Zewlakow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3
      30 Anastasios Pantos 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 10 4 3
      2 Christos Patsatzoglou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
      35 Vassilas Torosidis 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 2 3
      18 Paraskevas Antzas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 1
      7 Luciano Galletti 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 13 2 0
      28 Cristian Raúl Ledesma 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 21 5 6
      6 Ieroklis Stoltidis 2 3 2 3 1 0 1 16 9 5
      9 Darko Kovacevic 1 3 2 4 3 2 1 15 4 1
      32 Tresor Lomana Lua Lua 0 2 0 3 5 2 1 15 6 1
      10 Leonel Núnez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      92 Kyriakos Papadopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Rodrigo Archubi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      87 Michalis Sifakis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Julio César Julio César 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Konstantinos Mitroglou 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
      19 Konstantinos Mendrinos 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 1 2
    • Bremen
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Tim Wiese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
      3 Petri Pasanen 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 30 4 4
      8 Clemens Fritz 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 34 0 4
      4 Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues 0 4 2 3 3 0 0 55 5 2
      6 Frank Baumann 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 0 2
      7 Jurica Vranjes 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 28 2 4
      10 Diego Ribas da Cunha 0 3 2 1 4 0 0 28 1 1
      20 Daniel Jensen 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 45 2 2
      24 Tim Borowski 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 27 6 3
      18 Boubacar Sanogo 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 6 0 2
      9 Markus Rosenberg 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 9 1 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
      14 Aaron Hunt 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 1
      33 Christian Vander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Dusko Tosic 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0
      29 Per Mertesacker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Hugo Almeida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0

  • Summary

    • 90' What a save by Nikopolidis! Diego clips a free-kick over the wall and it's heading for the top-left corner but the veteran Greek 'keeper springs to his right to push it away!
    • 88' Good save Wiese! Vasilis Torosidis scampers through and attempts to loft the ball over Wiese from the edge of the box, but the German stopper claws it away!
    • 74' GOAL! 3-0 Olympiacos! And there are scenes of utter delerium here! Galletti swings in a corner from the right, Julio Cesar heads the ball down and Stoltidis neatly controls the ball and hammers it low into the net!
    • 71' GOAL! 2-0 Olympiacos! And it's a tremendous header from Kovacevic! Stoltidis curls a ball into the box from the left, and the Serbian gets in front of Naldo to direct a strong header past Wiese! And with that, Group C is all over.
    • 62' What a chance for Bremen! Sanogo meets a right-wing cross with a thumping downward header from the edge of the six yard box, but Nikopolidis somehow manages to push it out!
    • 48' Chance for Bremen, but it's kicked off the line! They win a corner, Naldo soars above the Olympiacos defence and powers a header goalwards, but it's hacked clear from right underneath the crossbar!
    • 41' What a chance for Olympiacos! Lua Lua finds Darko Kovacevic in space on the left side of the Bremen box and the Serbian gets in a low shot but Wiese drops to his left to make the save!
    • 33' So close for Bremen! Naldo rises to meet a corner from the right with a downward header, but the on-rushing Rosenberg just can't get a touch and the ball goes out for a goal kick!
    • 24' Great stuff from Nikopolidis! He spills a fairly tame shot from Tim Borowski, but with Sanogo closing in he spreads himself to make a terrific recovery save!
    • 16' Sight of goal for Olympiacos! Lua Lua chests the ball into the air on the edge of the Bremen box and fires in a volley that flashes just wide of Wiese's left-hand post!
    • 13' GOAL! 1-0 Olympiacos! Lomano Lua Lua finds Ieroklis Stoltidis in space, and from 25 yards out he crashes a left-footed drive across Tim Wiese and into the net!
    • 8' What a chance for Bremen! Diego shoots from the edge of the box, Antonios Nikopolodis parries and Boubacar Sanogo somehow manages to put the rebound wide!
    • - Good evening and thank-you for joining us for eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Group C game from the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens. Kick-off is at 19:45 GMT.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Laurent Duhamel

  • Olympiacos CFP

    Manager: Panagiotis Lemonis

    Captain: Antonios Nikopolidis

    Starting line-up

    • A. Nikopolidis
    • V. Torossidis
    • M. Zewlakow
    • P. Antzas Yellow Card
    • A. Pantos
    • C. Ledesma
    • C. Patsatzoglou Substitution Out (24′)
    • I. Stoltidis Goals×2
    • L. Galletti Substitution Out (85′)
    • L. LuaLua
    • D. Kovacevic Goal Substitution Out (81′)

    Subs

    • M. Sifakis
    • J. Cesar
    • K. Mendrinos Substitution In24′
    • L. Panagopoulos
    • 22. K. Mitroglou Substitution In81′ Yellow Card
    • L. Núñez Substitution In85′
    • R. Archubi

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • P. Djordjevic

  • Bremen

    Manager: Thomas Schaaf

    Captain: Frank Baumann

    Starting line-up

    • T. Wiese
    • C. Fritz
    • F. Baumann Substitution Out (81′)
    • A. Naldo
    • P. Pasanen
    • J. Vranjes Substitution Out (57′)
    • D. Jensen Yellow Card
    • D. Ribas "Diego"
    • B. Sanogo Substitution Out (67′)
    • M. Rosenberg Yellow Card
    • T. Borowski

    Subs

    • C. Vander
    • P. Mertesacker
    • A. Hunt
    • H. Almeida Substitution In67′
    • 13. D. Tosic Substitution In81′
    • M. Harnik Substitution In57′
    • L. Andreasen

    Injured

    • T. Frings
    • P. Wome

    Suspended

    None