Barcelona 1, Stuttgart 1
Cacau scored in the 25th minute to put host Stuttgart up 1-0 in the first leg of its round-of-16 Champions League game with Barcelona this afternoon.
Timo Gebhart hit a cross from the right side and Cacau outleaped Carlos Puyol for the surprising lead.
Soon after that, Stuttgart should have doubled their advantage as they had the ball in the box on a 2-on-1 but they fumbled it around and Puyol was able to clear it for a corner.
After a slow start, the defending champions from Barce woke up as Messi's shot was deflected by Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann in the 40th minute and rolled past him, only to hit the post and bounce back to Lehmann's arms.
Swedish international Zoltan Ibrahimovic tied it in the 52nd minute, tapping home a rebound and with that, Barcelona had their all-important away goal.
The second leg is on March 17.
Bordeaux 1, Olympiakos 0
I didn't catch much of this game but I did see the goal as it happened during injury time in the first half. Michael Ciani headed in a free kick from outside the box by Yoann Gorcuff.
The Greek hosts squandered a few golden chances and even had a header goal by Enzo Maresca disallowed when the referee ruled that Matt Derbyshire fouled Bordeaux goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso during that play.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/02/23/champions.league.ap/index.html
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