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Stoltidis seals late victory for Olympiakos

Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:03am IST
 
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ATHENS (Reuters) - An injury time strike from substitute Ieroklis Stoltidis handed Olympiakos a 2-1 win over Standard Liege 2-1 in their Champions League Group H match on Tuesday.

Midfielder Stoltidis, on as a second half substitute, rose unchallenged following a corner in the third minute of injury time to nod in the winning goal following a breathless finish.

The visitors took the lead in the 37th minute when Igor De Camargo slotted past Antonis Nikopolidis from inside the area.

Olympiakos struck back just six minutes later through Kostas Mitroglou which helped them to maintain second place in Group H with six points, one behind leaders Arsenal who drew 1-1 at AZ Alkmaar.

The Dutch side leapfrogged Standard Liege into third spot.

"We are very happy because we played like a big club and we played with composure," said Olympiakos coach Zico.

"We went a goal down but the players... kept their heads and that allowed us to turn around the result in win the game."

Olympiakos's Jaouad Zairi and Standard midfielder Wilfried Dalmat both squandered chances in the first half.

Olympiakos enjoyed most of the possession but Standard opened the scoring through De Camargo.  Continued...

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