Javier Saviola pleased his current paymasters but irked his old ones as his brace made sure Olympiacos did not pay a Champions League penalty. Saviola scored twice and missed a spot kick as the Greek side beat eight-man Anderlecht 3-1, with Vladimir Weiss also failing with a penalty before Alejandro Dominguez made it third time lucky from 12 yards in the last minute. Olympiacos could have done...Full Story »

Olympiacos will launch their bid to go one better than last year in the Champions League with a difficult opening tie against Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain at the Karaiskakis Stadium. The Greek champions were eliminated at the group stage in the 2012-13 competition, just one point adrift of second-placed Arsenal, despite claiming three victories in their six games. This year presents a go...Full Story »

QPR have been offered Argentina forward Javier Saviola as they bid to bounce straight back to the Premier League. The 31-year-old, who has been linked with West Ham, is a free agent having been released by Spanish club Malaga at the end of last season. The striker has been capped 40 times by his country, though the last of those came in 2007. Still got it? Javier Saviola (left) has spent tim...Full Story »

MADRID, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Javier Saviola scored the only goal as Malaga warmed up for their midweek Champions League tie with a 1-0 home win over mis-firing Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Saturday. The Qatari-owned club from the Costa del Sol, in their debut Champions League venture, visit Porto in a last-16 first-leg tie on Tuesday. Argentine Saviola's seventh league goal of the season gave t...Full Story »

A first-half goal by Javier Saviola earned Malaga a 1-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao to ensure they will remain fourth in the Primera Division table by the end of the weekend. The result was also the perfect morale-booster for the Andalusians ahead of their Champions League last-16 first-leg tie against Porto next week. Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini did not appear to have the Porto game in mi...Full Story »

Malaga bounced back to winning ways with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over relegation-threatened Real Mallorca despite playing the final 18 minutes with a man less. The Andalusian side had slumped from fourth to eighth after taking just one point from their previous three matches, but they were triumphant after seeing off battling Mallorca at the Iberostar Stadium. Early goals from Javier Saviola...Full Story »

The Malaga striker is familiar with the Dragoes, having spent three years with Benfica, and is aware that a hefty task awaits his side in the last 16 of the Champions League Javier Saviola has admitted that Porto will be a tough opponents for his Malaga side in the last 16 of the Champions League. The Andalusians topped a group containing AC Milan in the initial phase of the competition, whi...Full Story »

Malaga moved back into fourth in the Primera Division for at least 24 hours as goals from Joaquin, Javier Saviola, Ignacio Camacho and Roque Santa Cruz saw them seal an emphatic 4-0 victory over Granada at La Rosaleda. Joaquin opened the scoring after 26 minutes as he capitalised on a slip from Pape Diakhate to stroll clean trough on goal and slot past Tono before Saviola doubled the hosts' adv...Full Story »

Malaga moved into second place for 24 hours at least as they cruised to a 4-0 win over 10-man Real Betis at La Rosaleda. The visitors got off to the worst possible start as keeper Casto was sent off after just 11 minutes for bringing down Eliseu inside the area and Joaquin confidently stroked home the penalty. Javier Saviola then continued his great form with the second just before the half-ho...Full Story »

Malaga began their first Champions League campaign in perfect fashion as two stunning goals from Isco guided them to a 3-0 win over Zenit St Petersburg at La Rosaleda. The game was barely three minutes old when the Spain Under-21 international bent a wonderful shot in off the inside of a post and the hosts were in dreamland when Javier Saviola slid home a second 10 minutes later. Zenit then mi...Full Story »