Sporting Lisbon 0 Bayern Munich 5:BAYERN Munich as good as booked a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League as Franck Ribery inspired them to a 5-0 thrashing of Sporting in the first eg of their last 16 tie in Portugal last night.
Bayern came into the match following a home defeat against Cologne in the Bundesliga, but were a team transformed here, scoring goals from almost all of their chances.
Sporting made history by reaching the knockout rounds for the first time, but will not recall this baptism fondly.
The Portuguese team created the first chance of the match after 11 minutes with Anderson Polga’s shot cleared off the line by Martin Demichelis, but Bayern responded moments later with Ribery shooting wide.
The Frenchman did not waste his next chance, stealing the ball in Bayern’s half, beating three defenders and scoring from inside the Sporting box on 42 minutes.
Miroslav Klose doubled the lead on 57 minutes from an assist by Luca Toni. Ribery scored his second goal on 63 minutes, converting a penalty after a foul by Fabio Rochemback on Philipp Lahm, and and was also involved in Bayern’s fourth, crossing from the left wing for Toni to head in. The Italian completed the scoring in the 90th minute from close range after some poor defending by Sporting.
SPORTING LISBON:Tiago, Abel (Bruno Pereirinha 61), Tonel, Caneira, Anderson Polga, Izmailov (Vukcevic 60), Rochemback, Joao Moutinho, Romagnoli, Liedson, Derlei (Djalo 71). Subs not used: Ricardo Batista, Grimi, Daniel Carrico, Silva. Booked: Tonel, Bruno Pereirinha.
BAYERN MUNICH:Rensing, Lahm, Oddo (Lell 66), Lucio (Van Buyten 78), Demichelis, Ribery, Ze Roberto, Van Bommel, Schweinsteiger (Altintop 71), Klose, Toni. Subs not used: Butt, Ottl, Borowski, Podolski. Booked: Van Bommel. Goals: Ribery 41, Klose 57, Ribery 63 pen, Toni 84, 90.
Referee:Bertrand Layec (France).
Villarreal 1 Panathinaikos 1
VILLARREAL wasted a handful of chances before a second-half penalty snatched a 1-1 draw at home to Panathinaikos in their Champions League last 16 first-leg match last night.
The Spaniards were in control from the start, but fell behind after the Greeks scored in the 59th minute through a thundering drive from the edge of the box by Giorgos Karagounis.
Villarreal levelled eight minutes later when Giuseppe Rossi calmly converted a penalty, awarded after substitute Robert Pires was brought down in the box by Jakub Wawrzyniak. The hosts piled on the pressure in search of a winner but their efforts through Rossi, Nihat Kahveci and Bruno were saved by Panathinaikos keeper Mario Galinovic.
VILLARREAL:Diego Lopez, Angel, Senna, Fuentes, Godin, Eguren (Pires 62), Santi Cazorla, Ibagaza (Cani 70), Bruno, Rossi, Llorente (Nihat 61). Subs not used: Viera, Javi Venta, Cygan, Fernandez. Booked: Senna, Angel. Goal: Rossi 67 pen.
PANATHINAIKOS:Galinovic, Spiropoulos, Nilsson, Wawrzyniak, Sarriegi, Goumas (Gabriel 46), Vyntra, Silva, Karagounis (Salpingidis 84), Simao, Mantzios (Rukavina 90). Subs not used: Tzorvas, David, Ivanschitz, Cleyton. Booked: Goumas, Silva. Goal:Karagounis 59. Referee:Konrad Plautz (Austria).
