Olympiacos 2 Man United 0
Olympiacos Piraeus 2 Manchester United 0, Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, UEFA Champions League Last Sixteen First Leg, February 25, 2014. Manchester United impressed nobody as they succumbed to a 2-0 loss against Olympiacos Piraeus at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium. Alejandro Dominguez scored for The Red Whites seven minutes before the break before Joel Campbell added a second goal for the hosts in the 54th minute of the fixture.
After suffering a highly disappointing and embarrassing 2-0 defeat at the hands of reigning Greek Super League Champions Olympiacos Piraeus in front of a packed and boisterous crowd of 30,000 spectators in Athens in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League Last Sixteen Round, David Moyes´s Manchester United side now faced a Herculean task in the return fixture at The Theatre of Dreams. David Moyes: “We are determined to put it right, and we will have opportunities to do that in the coming weeks. Old Trafford has seen some great nights in the past, and I am looking forward to hopefully seeing another one.” Olympiacos Piraeus Team: Roberto, Jose Holebas, Giannis Maniatis, Kostas Manolas, Ivan Marcano, Leandro Salino, Alejandro Dominguez, Delvin N’Dinga, Hernan Perez, Joel Campbell, Michael Olaitan. Substitutes: Balazs Megyeri, Avraam Papadopoulos, Gaetan Bong, David Fuster, Paulo Machado, Andreas Samaris, Nelson Valdez. Manchester United Team: David de Gea, Chris Smalling, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Valencia, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young, Robin van Persie. Substitutes: Anders Lindegaard, Shinji Kagawa, Alexander Buttner, Marouane Fellaini, Ryan Giggs, Javier Hernandez, Danny Welbeck.
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