Aris Salonica 2 - Celta
2 Two goals in a minute by Russian midfielder Valery Karpin shortly
before half-time silenced the vociferous Greek crowd in the hostile Harilaou
stadium. Karpin's first goal was a beauty, his shot struck from some 30 metres
leaving keeper Katergianniakis with no option. A minute later he headed in
Makelele's cross, and Celta appeared to be cruising. However, Andrioli pulled
one back just before half time, and halfway through the second half Kyzeridis
beat Dutruel from the edge of the area to level the scores. The crowd rallied
behind the home side, but Celta hung on to take a deserved draw back to
Gallicia for the return leg in two weeks time. Tomás was given a rare
start by Víctor Fernandez as Revivo was injured.
Deportivo de La
Coruña 3 - Montpellier 1 An easy victory for Depor which could
have been by a far larger margin in the end. Flavio aggravated an old injury in
the pre-match warm up was replaced by Jokanovic in the starting line up.
Pauleta and Makaay started up front, with Djalminha playing behind them.
Montpellier scored the first goal from a break-away, Delaye's cross-come-shot
taking a deflection off Romero in the sixth minute. Pauleta equalised for Depor
ten minutes later, heading in Víctor's corner, but despite intense
pressure from the home side, the teams went in at the break level. The second
half belonged to Djalminha, who scored two goals in four minutes. His first
goal came from a cheeky penalty four minutes into the second half after
Silvestre had handled in the area. Djalminha checked in his run up, waited for
the Casard to commit himself, and chipped the ball over the forlorn keeper into
the roof of the net. Four minutes later he added his teams third, placing the
ball past Casard on the second attempt.
Atlético de Madrid
1 - Amica Wronki 0 A poor match which Atleti were thankful to see the
end of. Only 4,000 fans turned up on a cold rainy night in Madrid, and most of
them wished they had stayed at home. Ranieri kept Molina in goal with
Hasselbaink and José mari up front. Both sides had chances throughout
the match, but it was eventually left to substitute Baraja to settle it. He
picked up a ball seven minutes from time and beat four Polish defenders before
shooting strongly past reserve keeper Michniewicz (substituting Strozynski who
was injured in the second half). The best thing of the night for
Atlético was the result, and keeping a clean sheet could be important
for the return match in Poland. Teplice 1 Mallorca 2 Mallorca returned to the
Czech Republic for the second tie in a row to face a side which on paper was
stronger than Sigma Olomouc, their opponents in the first round. Vázquez
included Argentinians Serrizuela and Quinteros in his starting line up, and
kept Diego Tristán up front again with Carlos still out. The young
Sevillian striker was the star of the match, scoring twice in a four minute
period in the first half to give his side a comfortable away victory. His first
goal came from a header after a pass from Lauren, and his second was an
individual effort which he finished with a low shot, and he came close to
completing his hat-trick on the hour when another header hit the crossbar.
Teplice came back shortly afterwards, Kolomaznik beating Burgos with a header
after the ball had rebounded off the post. Verbir hit the post for the home
side in the last minute, but Mallorca stuck to their guns to leave them in a
good position to go through to the last 32. |