5 December 2006
 
OLYMPIAKOS 1-1

SHAKHTAR
Castillo 54  

Matuzalem 27
   

 
Matuzalem was the unlikely scorer from a corner kick, taking advantage of
Nikopolidis terrible positioning to head Jadson's cross into an empty net.
Castillo equalised from close range after Rivaldo touched back Maric's cross.

Attendance : 27,500
Red Card : Rat 90 (Shakhtar)
Assists : Jadson (ck), Rivaldo
 
 
ROMA 1-0

VALENCIA
Panucci 13  

 
   

 
As expected Flores fielded a much weakened Valencia side with Italian flop
Tavano given a rare chance to impress ahead of the transfer window. Panucci
scored the only goal, heading in from a yard out after Mexes helped on Taddei's
free kick. Valencia lost another player to what looked to be a knee injury when
17 year old striker Aaron's legs buckled after he crossed.

Attendance : 45,000
Assist : Mexes
 
 
22 November 2006
 
VALENCIA 2-0

OLYMPIAKOS
Stoltidis 45 (og)  

 
Morientes 46  

 
   

 
Angulo scored via a big deflection off Stoltidis. In the first minute of the
second half Morientes met Silva's outstanding cross with a firm header which
Nikopolidis should have saved. The unlucky Joaquin had an outrageous lob cleared
off the line and struck a post with a free kick from a ridiculous angle.

Attendance : 38,000
Assists : n/a, Silva
 
 
SHAKHTAR 1-0

ROMA
Marica 61  

 
   

 
This shouldn't have come as a surprise, Roma are hopeless in this competition.
They only need a point at home to Valencia due to a superior head to head
against Shakhtar and you'd figure Valencia would field a weakened sided
especially in mind of their injury crisis. On the other hand Shakhtar need to
beat Olympiakos in Greece which won't be easy.

Attendance : 18,673
Assist : Jadson
 
 
31 October 2006
 
SHAKHTAR 2-2

VALENCIA
Jadson 2 (fk)  

Morientes 18
Fernandinho 28  

Ayala 68
   

 
Jadson gave Shakhtar the lead with a FANTASTIC free kick. Shakhtar were tearing
Valencia apart with blistering attacks but conceded an equaliser against the run
of play when Morientes showed unreal reactions to flick Villa's free kick past
Shust. Matuzalem sprayed a pass out wide to Fernandinho, he took two steps
 forward before unleashing a stunning drive from 35 yards which flew inside the right
 post. Brilliant goal. Moretti flicked on a Villa corner and Ayala threw himself at the
ball to score with a low, low low diving header.

Attendance : 21,000
Assists : Fernandinho (won fk), Villa (fk), Matuzalem, Moretti
 
 
ROMA 1-1

OLYMPIAKOS
Totti 66  

Julio Cesar 19
   

 
Julio Cesar gave Olympiakos a shock lead from a corner. Zewlakow punched away a
shot in full view of the Portuguese referee in the box, no penalty. A scandalous
decision as was his failure to send off Julio Cesar for bringing down Taddei but
at least on this occasion he pointed to the spot. For the second time this month
Totti failed to convert but much of the credit must go to Nikopolidis for making
an incredible save. Totti finally broke the Olympiakos resistance with a superb
strike. Taddei chipped a ball into the box and the Roma captain, being closely
marked by Anatolakis (who had came on as a sub a minute earlier), killed the
ball before smashing a half volley between Anatolakis's legs and into the left
corner of the net.

Attendance : 20,000
Assists : Rivaldo (ck), Taddei
 
 
18 October 2006
 
VALENCIA 2-0

SHAKHTAR
Villa 30, 45  

 
   

 
Villa hit a pass to Regueiro but he was dispossessed by Leanardo however instead
of hoofing the ball clear the defender tried to pass it wide and Villa intercepted,
 rounded the 'keeper, just managing to stay on his feet after he was fouled, and
 tapped into an empty net. Villa headed in his second right on half time after Joaquin
 teased Tymoschuk before floating a cross to the back post.

I'm not sure about the defence but going forward this Valencia side are a real
threat.

Attendance : 45,000
Red Card : Sviderskiy 76 (Shakhtar)
Assists : n/a, Joaquin
 
 
OLYMPIAKOS 0-1

ROMA
   

Perrotta 76
   

 
Attendance : 30,000
Assist : Rosi
 
 
27 September 2006
 
SHAKHTAR 2-2

OLYMPIAKOS
Matuzalem 34 (fk)  

Konstantinou 24
Marica 70  

Castillo 68
   

 
Castillo managed to skip over a ludicrous two footed challenge from Tymoschuk,
 turned on the breaks then hit a low centre into the box and Konstantinou go in front
 of his marker to put the visitors ahead. According to UEFA Matuzalem scored
 Shakhtar's equaliser direct from a free kick, Hubschman celebrated as if he got the
 last touch. Who knows? The erratic Nikopolidis made two World Class saves before
 his team regained their lead in controversial circumstances when Castillo appeared
 to use his hand to score after Maric drew a save from Shust. Marica equalised after
 the Greeks made a mess of defending a free kick.

Attendance : 20,000
Assists : Castillo, Srna (won fk), n/a, n/a
 
 
VALENCIA 2-1

ROMA
Angulo 13  

Totti 18 (Pen)
Villa 29  

 
   

 
Vicente hit a deep cross towards the back post. Morientes attempted a volley but
 completely miss-hit the ball, it bounced right, Angulo leapt in the air and struck a
 volley which flew in off Doni's right hand post, marvellous goal, similar to the one
 McManaman scored in the 2000 European Cup final ironically against Valencia. Totti
 despatched a penalty awarded for Moretti's rugby tackle on audio Cassetti. Moretti
made up for his earlier mistake by laying on the winning goal for Villa.

Both Mancini and Taddei are out injured but playing Perrotta behind Totti was a
 ridiculous decision. The giant child Okaka would have been more effective.

Attendance : 48,000
Assists : Morientes, Cassetti (won pen), Moretti
 
 
12 September 2006
 
OLYMPIAKOS 2-4

VALENCIA
Konstantinou 28  

Morientes 34, 39, 90
Castillo 66  

Albiol 85
   

 
Konstantinou got between two defenders to chest down Stoltidis excellent pass and
poked the ball past Canizares. Villa burst down the left and fired a shot across goal
 which Morientes stabbed in from close range. Morientes put Valencia in front with
 another tap-in after Angulo forced Nikopolidis into a save on a lightning counter
 attack. Castillo darted between two defenders to control Djordjevic's ranking pass
 on his chest before firing into the corner to equalise. Olympiakos looked good for a
 point until awful defending from a corner was ruthlessly punished by Albiol and
 Morientes completed his hat-trick with a header from another corner.

Attendance : 48,000
Assists : Stoltidis, Villa, n/a, Djordjevic, n/a, Silva (ck)
 
 
ROMA 4-0

SHAKHTAR
Taddei 67  

 
Totti 76  

 
De Rossi 79  

 
Pizarro 89  

 
   

 
Taddei smashed the ball in at the back post after Totti miss-hit a cross. His touch
 was more assured less then 10 minutes later when he thumped a first touch shot
 into the top left corner. A short corner routine brought Roma their third, De Rossi
 meeting Pizarro's cross with a bullet header and Pizarro blasted in a fourth from
 the edge of the box.

Attendance : 30,000
Assists : n/a, Taddei, Pizarro, n/a
 
R Mehdi