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Posted: Wednesday September 15, 1999 07:01 PM

Gabriel Omar Amato (left) of the Glasgow Rangers is challenged by Amedeo Carbooni of Valencia C.F. as they race for possesion of the ball during their Champions League match. Ross Kinnaird/Allsport

LONDON (AP) -- Seven time titlist Real Madrid fought out a 3-3 thriller with Olympiakos in Athens on Wednesday with three Brazilians on the scoresheet in the Champions Cup.

Former Barcelona star Giovanni hit two goals for the Greek titlist while Savio and Roberto Carlos replied for Real. Zatko Zahovic put Olympiakos 3-2 ahead before Raul Gonzalez netted the leveller 10 minutes from the end.

FC Porto, titlist in 1987, gained a 1-0 win at Norway's Molde thanks to winner from Deno a minute from the end.

Chelsea and AC Milan fought out a 0-0 tie at Stamford Bridge with Gianfranco Zola hitting the post for the Blues and Brazilian star Leonardo rattling the crossbar at the other end.

In the other Group H game, Turkey's Galatasaray hit back from two goals down to tie 2-2 with Hertha Berlin.

Andrei Tikhonov scored all three of Spartak Moscow's goals in a 3-1 win at Willem II while Sparta Prague and Bordeaux fought out a 0-0 tie in the other Group G game.

Beaten by Manchester United in last season's final, Bayern Munich edged PSV Eindhoven 2-1 with two goals from Brazilian Paolo Sergio, but Valencia went to the top of Group F wit a 2-0 win over Glasgow Rangers -- helped by an own goal by the Scottish champion's Australian defender Craig Moore.

In Tuesday's games, defending titlist Manchester United was held 0-0 at home by Croatia Zagreb and Olympique Marseille went to the top of Group D by downing Sturm Graz 2-0.

Romania's Maribor, expected to be the weakest team in Group A, went to the top after a 1-0 upset win at Dynamo Kiev, a semifinalist last year while Bayer Leverkusen and Lazio tied 1-1.

Barcelona scored two goals in the last four minutes to win 2-1 at Sweden's AIK to top Group B while Fiorentina and Arsenal tied 0-0.

Norway's Rosenborg won 3-0 at Portugal's Boavista to top Group C while Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund tied 1-1.

Group E

Olympiakos 3, Real Madrid 3

Giovanni gave the Greek titlist an 11th-minute lead, but Savio replied in the 24th. Roberto Carlos gave Real a 2-1 lead in the 32nd. Giovanni made it 2-2 in the 64th, and Zlatko Zahovic put the Greeks ahead three minutes later -- only for Raul to make it 3-3 in the 80th.

Molde 0, FC Porto 1

Porto had to wait for 89 minutes for its game-winner. Alessandro sent a pass to Deco, who placed an unstoppable header behind the Norwegian keeper.

Group F

Bayern Munich 2, PSV Eindhoven 1

A through ball by Jens Jeremies found Paulo Sergio on the edge of the penalty area and the Brazilian charged into the box and slotted the ball past Dutch goalkeeper Ronald Waterreus in the 11th minute. In the 59th minute, Luc Nilis faked two Bayern defenders and sent a perfect feed to Dmitri Khokhlov, who flicked the ball over Oliver Kahn into the net. Ten minutes later substitute Carsten Jancker flicked the ball with the back of his head into Sergio's path, and the Brazilian chipped it over the 'keeper with the back of his heel.

Valencia 2, Rangers 0

In the 57th minute, Rangers defender Craig Moore and keeper Lionel Charbonnier fumbled a clearance following a cross into the area from the right by Juan Sanchez, and Moore scored an own goal. Valencia sealed the victory with a left-footed shot from 14 yards by Kily Gonzalez in the 74th.

Group G

Sparta Prague 0, Bordeaux 0

Sparta's best chance came in the 55th minute after Francois Grenet's foul on Vratislav Lokvenc, but Horst Siegl missed the resulting penalty kick. After a serious mistake in Sparta's defense in the 82nd minute, Bordeaux missed a clear chance when Jean-Christophe Rouviere's shot went too high.

Willem II 1, Spartak Moscow 3

Andrei Tikhonov netted his first in the 27th minute from the penalty spot and added the second 10 minutes later. Tikhonov completed his hat trick in the 53rd minute with another penalty before Arno Arts replied in the 56th.

Group H

Chelsea 0 AC Milan 0

Former Napoli and Parma forward Gianfranco Zola was a constant menace to the Milan defense and hit the post in the second half, while Leonardo rattled the Chelsea bar with a dipping volley. Toward the end, Milan 'keeper Christan Abbiati saved shots from Dennis Wise and Dan Petrescu.

Galatasaray 2 Hertha Berlin 2

Star striker Michael Preetz, slowly recovering from a broken arm, scored Hertha's first goal in the 12th minute and, a minute later, Dariusz Wosz fired the second past Galatasaray's Brazilian goalie Taffarel. The Turks pushed forward in a bid to take control of the game and produced a goal by striker Hakan Sukur in the 24th minute. Romanian veteran Gheorge Hagi scored the equalizer in the 85th minute from a penalty kick.

 

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