At “Luzhniki” stadium, Moscow, Olympiacos came in strong and had a high performance throughout the match, although players from both sides were very much affected by the cold temperatures that reached -15 celsius.
While everything was somewhat quiet, suddenly, in the second half, Jean II Makoun took a shot that struck the bar on 70 minutes, David Fuster netted the opener for Olympiacos on 71 minutes, Balazs Megyeri fouled Karadeniz, saw a red card, was sent off and Rubin Kazan was granted a penalty on 73 minutes. All these consecutive events shook things up a bit and it was Roy Caroll who after being called on as a substitute and deflecting Natcho’s penalty shot calmed things down again.
SCORERS: Fuster (70′)
REFEREE:Milorad Mažić (SRB)
YELLOW CARDS:Karadeniz, Natcho – Mirallas, Papazoglou, Marcano
RED CARDS: Megyeri
RUBIN KAZAN:Arlauskis, Kuzmin, Navas, Bocchetti, Sharonov, Nemov, Ryazantsev (Kasaev), Natcho, Karadeniz, Dyadyun (Ansaldi), Valdez (Martins).
OLYMPIACOS F.C.:Megyeri, Torosidis, Cholevas, Mellberg (Papazoglou), Marcano, Maniatis, Makoun, Orbaiz, Fuster (Caroll), Djebbour (Modesto), Mirallas.
