Chelsea and Olympiacos draw

Updated 22.08 Tue Feb 19 2008
Keywords: frank lampard, avram grant, john terry, champions league, premier league, football, sport

Chelsea have drawn 0-0 against Greek side Olympiacos in the Champions League.

The draw in Athens gives Chelsea a real chance of reaching the last eight of the Champions League.

Reports suggest Terry and Lampard will be left on the bench in Athens

But the rest of the contenders are unlikely to be quaking in their boots after the Blues failed to create any clear-cut chances against their opponents.

But the Londoners will be favourites to make it into the quarter-finals when the two teams meet again in the return leg at Stamford Bridge in a fortnight.

Chelsea coach Avram Grant took a huge gamble by leaving both captain John Terry and midfielder Frank Lampard on the substitutes' bench against the Greek champions.

But the plan paid dividends as Chelsea ground out a goalless draw that made a mockery of the plan to turn his side into one of the most free-flowing in Europe.

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