Málaga 0 - AEK Athens 0

Málaga: Contreras; Josemi, Litos, Roteta, Valcarce; Manu, Gerardo, Romero, Musampa (Canabal 82'); Darío Silva, Dely Valdés. 4-4-2.
AEK Athens: Chiotis; Borbokis, Kostenoglou, Wright, Kasapis; Lakis (Konstantinidis 91'), Kreek, Zagorakis, Maladenis; Nalitzis (Tsartas 46'), Nikolaidis (Ivic 83'). 4-4-2.

Goals: None.

Málaga were held to scoreless draw by AEK Athens and will now have an uphill battle to reach the quarter finals. Peiró's side were the only Spanish club left in the last sixteen of the competition, and having eliminated Leeds in the last round they were confident of doing well. However the Greek side are draw specialists, as they demonstrated by finishing all square six times in the first phase of the Champions League, including twice against Real Madrid, and they came to the Rosaleda stadium looking to take something back with them.

The hosts applied the early pressure, with Dely Valdés causing problems and Darío Silva wasting the best of seven or eight chances later in the half. However the introduction of ex Sevilla midfielder Tsartas at the break turned things around, and Contreras had to save from Borbokis and Kasapis. The Greeks closed things down later on, and although Gerardo and Dely Valdés shot just wide, Chiotis and his defence held on to set up a difficult second leg for the Spaniards. They will need at least a score draw, and with Darío Silva suspended after picking up another yellow card in this match, that may be a tall order.