An injury-time strike from Juan Carlos Valeron allowed Deportivo Coruna to scramble a 2-2 draw against Olympiakos in their Champions League Group G match at the Riazor stadium yesterday.
Deportivo looked destined for a rare home defeat when Olympiakos hit two quick-fire goals from Stylianos Giannakopoulos and substitute Peter Oforiquaye in the 80th and 82nd minutes.
But substitute Valeron turned and flicked the ball into the far corner in the last move of the game to give the home side a vital point.
Olympiakos had gone behind to a thundering 22nd minute strike from midfielder Fran and never looked as though they would threaten a dominant Deportivo.
But the entry of Ghana international Oforiquaye with half an hour to go changed the course of the match as he set up the Giannakopoulos goal and then added one of his own.
Porto took revenge against Rosenborg with a 2-1 win in a Champions League group E match dominated by the skilful Portuguese side.
After just 10 minutes a Porto counter-attack saw Brazilian striker Jesus Pena run through a jittery defence to confidently put the ball past goalkeeper Arni Arason.
Porto extended their lead in the second half when another Brazilian, playmaker Deco Sousa, rose unchallenged to head home from five metres almost on the hour mark. Rosenborg fought to get back into the match and were finally rewarded with a late headed goal from striker Sigurd Rushfeldt.
Barcelona stormed to a 3-0 victory against Fenerbahce, overcoming the traditional passion of the home fans and a floodlight failure that stopped play for 20 minutes in the second half.
Barcelona had the upper hand from the start of this Group F match and Patrick Kluivert's 25th minute goal put them on their way to their first win in Turkey.
Fabio Rochemback found Kluivert unmarked on the left of the box after a move down the right from Carlos Puyol and Geovanni. The striker had all the time he needed to slot the ball past goalkeeper Rustu Recber.
Three minutes later defender Patrik Andersson drifted in behind the Fenerbahce defence to head in from close range after Luis Enrique headed on a wide cross.
Fenerbahce defender Umit Ozat gave away the third goal with a weak pass back to the goalkeeper that Barcelona's new teenage striker
Holders Bayern Munich disappointed on their return to the Champions League, stumbling to a 0-0 draw against Sparta Prague at the Olympic Stadium.
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