1.   Palmeiras had the better chances early, with Oseas forcing Deportivo keeper Rafael Dudamel into a dramatic save on a header.

2.   By early Wednesday bands of armed men were roaming the streets of the area forcing shop keepers to close and warning people to stay in doors.

3.   Near the end Heerenveen grabbed a second through Jesper Hakansson and forced keeper Fred Grim into two sharp parries.

4.   The game was only two minutes old before Mehdi Ben Slimane slalomed through the Romanian defense, forcing keeper Bogdan Stelea off his line for a sliding block.