Olympiakos vs Dinamo Zagreb

Then on the 65th Pardo scored within one minute of his introduction on the pitch, as he collected a pass from Brown Ideye to drive the ball home with his left foot from inside the area.

Olympiakos now occupy second place in Group F in the Champions League and are level on points with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.

Dinamo’s evening got worse when Pivaric clumsily brought down Pardo and was shown a second yellow card by referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz. Dinamo and the English side sit on three points in third and fourth spot respectively, meaning Olympiakos requires a solitary point from its two remaining matches to progress through to the final 16.

“It’s a highlight of my career so far”. I did it for my great teammates… they were flagging after that penalty miss.

Former Olympiakos player Paulo Machado returned to Piraeus’ Karaiskaki Stadium with Dinamo and was disappointed that his side squandered its lead.

The significance of the game made Olympiakos error-prone and often disorientated in the first half, but its quality made the difference in the second half against a defense-minded visitor.

Pajtim Kasami went closer just after the break, driving a powerful shot just over, but they suffered a blow when Alberto Botia limped off with a hamstring injury.

Zenit St Petersburg kept up their 100 per cent record in France as they put Lyon to the sword, Artem Dzyuba scoring both goals in a 2-0 win. “We lost our chances against Olympiakos in Zagreb and tonight”.