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Commentary

8¹ HOOPER drilled a left foot shot wide from twenty-five yards out. 11¹ FORTOUNIS's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. 12¹ A weak shot from MERTENS rolled agonisingly wide. 19¹ A cross from MARCELO left JUNINHO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. 20¹ JIMENEZ given a yellow card by the referee. 22¹ FORTOUNIS rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. 25¹ BUDDLE worked the ball to JUNINHO, JIMENEZ gathered his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper. 26¹ GOAL!! After being forced wide MERTENS managed to ram the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-0 Panathinaikos) 33¹ MARCELO's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Panathinaikos woodwork. 41¹ CHANDLER booked for an off-the-ball incident. 45¹ A accurate pass bobbled toward FORTOUNIS and his right foot shot floated narrowly over. 46¹ KEANE booked by the referee for a high foul. 47¹ GOAL!! Uncertainty between CHANDLER and PENEDO allowed FORTOUNIS to fire the ball into the empty net. (2-0 Panathinaikos) 6² BARBAROUSES beat a number of L.A. Galaxy players and thundered a great chance just beyond the near post. 7² The 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak shot from FORTOUNIS. 8² GOAL!! FORTOUNIS waltzed forward, glanced up and thundered a shot into the L.A. Galaxy net. (3-0 Panathinaikos) 9² KAPINO did well to hold onto a fierce strike from BUDDLE. 15² GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from KEANE allowed STEPHENS to lay a lovely ball off to MARCELO who struck the ball into the net. (3-1 Panathinaikos) 18² BUDDLE booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area. 20² MARCELO receives a yellow card for a cynical challenge. 28² A useful ball from DEMBÉLÉ on the left bobbled toward MERTENS who sliced his effort just beyond the near post. 31² A corner was collected by KEANE who touched the ball wide.

Panathinaikos   League position: 15 Home league form: XWWW Overall league form: LXOWLWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Stefanos KAPINO 6½ 1 6½ Jaime PENEDO Phil JONES 7  2 6  Timothy CHANDLER Wilfried KANON 6  3 7½ Pele VAN ANHOLT Mousa DEMBÉLÉ 8  4 7  Ondrej DUDA Sergei KRIVETS 6½ 5 6½ Matt MIAZGA Nicholas YENNARIS 6  6 7  A.J. DELAGARZA Jacob MURPHY 7  7 7  Héctor JIMENEZ Konstantinos FORTOUNIS 7½ 8 6½ MARCELO Fazzio (p)Gary HOOPER 7½ 9 7  Edson BUDDLE(p) (f)Kosta BARBAROUSES 5½ 10 6½ JUNINHO(f) (c)Dries MERTENS 6½ 11 6½ Robbie KEANE(c) Manager Alex HENSHALL    12    Tommy MEYER Michel VORM    13    Brian ROWE Chuks ANEKE    14    Mike MAGEE Michael DAWSON    15 6½ Michael STEPHENS Rio MAVUBA    16    José LEONARDO

L.A. Galaxy   League position: 18 Away league form: LWWL Overall league form: LLXWWWLW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Panathinaikos 3 L.A. Galaxy 1 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 40,019, Stadium: Apostolos Nikoliadis, Referee: Marnix Sandra 5½) Mertens 26¹, Fortounis 47¹, Fortounis 8² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Marcelo 15²   MiazgaóStephens 14²       Jimenez 20¹, Chandler 41¹, Keane 46¹, Marcelo 20² 5 4 13 16 4 7 7 5 10 7 17 12 2 4 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Mousa Dembélé ¶