Olympiakos snatches point from Barcelona on special night for Valverde

Olympiakos held Barcelona to a goalless draw on Tuesday for the Champions League as its players worked hard to prevent the Spaniards from scoring on a number of occasions at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.

The Reds fielded a defense-minded team, with its starting line-up sporting no strikers at all.

In the first half-hour Barcelona was dominant, with Lionel Messi missing three big chances and Olympiakos goalie Silvio Proto credited with two brilliant saves.

Costas Fortounis missed a great chance for Olympiakos on the 37th minute, following a beautiful team move, as his effort was parried by Barcelona keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

The Spanish league leader came out stronger after half-time and put more pressure on the Greeks who increasingly ran out of strength.

Messi wasted another opportunity to score on the 62nd after a pass by Luis Suarez who 10...