Goalkeeper Tim Howard didn't yell at anyone after he was forced to make a nifty kick save on a bullet from six yards in the early minutes.
Togo, ranked 63 places below Ivory Coast, should have taken an early lead when Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor raced clear on goal only to miss his kick and let Boubacar Barry save.
Substitute Benjani Mwaruwari forced another fine save with seconds remaining, before LuaLua almost capped a fine performance with the winner with the last kick of the game - only for Niemi to save well once again.
And Hibs ended the half on top, with Riordan forcing Paul Gallacher into a fine, one-handed save with another free-kick.
Placente brought down striker Patrick Kluivert in the 60th minute for a penalty and was relieved to see goalkeeper Hans-Joerg Butt save Riquelme's spot kick.
Tyson hit the crossbar with a long-range effort in the 66th minute and McGugan curled a free-kick just wide before drawing a good save from Jamie Ashdown soon after.
Nani went close with one deflected strike while also forcing Al Habsi into a scrambled save from a curling free kick - but by in large the hosts were poor.
Abdel Halim Ali, the league's leading scorer, pulled a goal back for Zamalek in the 83rd minute with another penalty kick but it was not enough to save the club from defeat.
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Forest keeper Camp made a comfortable save from Varney shortly after kick-off but that was the only real moment of interest during a less than scintillating opening period that ended when Blackstock put Forest ahead after 23 minutes.
Patmore stepped up to take the spot-kick but goalkeeper Steve Perrin made a superb save.
Danny Grainger's 20-yard free-kick forced United keeper Dusan Pernis into a save in the build-up to half-time, then Morais blasted a decent ball over the bar following a goalmouth scramble.
With 20 minutes played, Scott Brown fired over the bar after a Naylor corner was cleared, then Celtic keeper Zaluska made a double save from a Riordan free-kick sent in from the edge of the area.
Arthur, though, came to Thistle's rescue with a fine save from Phil McGuire's penalty kick.
Mensing blasted in the resulting spot-kick, but Kello guessed correctly to make the save.
But Owen's spot-kick lacked any conviction and Hislop made a comfortable save.
Mark Noble fired wide with an overhead kick and Gomes produced an outstanding one-handed save to palm Ba's venomous goalbound shot around the post.
Emile Heskey had proved a real handful, and he almost extended Wigan's lead with an acrobatic over-head kick after 50 minutes that brought an equally spectacular save from Paddy Kenny.
France began the second half with real urgency and Sandrine Soubeyrand came within inches of connecting with Sonia Bompastor's free-kick from the right before Pichon forced a good save from Brown.
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Sorensen produced an excellent finger-tip save to deflect Ziege's free kick over the bar, and Ricard sent a header just wide seconds later as the Sunderland defence creaked without its right back.
But I suppose you have to lose some way, " Bento said, adding that the decision to save Ronaldo for a possible fifth penalty kick had "to do with strategy and no more than that.
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Ben Watson forced a low save from Foster with the resulting free-kick, but a draw was a fair result.
Blayney made to good save to keep out Rowe's spot kick on 33, awarded for David Armstrong's push on Andy Graham.
And by the break Almunia had made a decent save from Geremi's low free-kick and brilliantly cleared Taylor's header from a corner.
But Fiorentina continued to press and they went close when Mutu struck a 30-yard free-kick that Alexander got down smartly to his right to save.
Kanoute, the villain for Spurs when he conceded the penalty in extra-time, had his kick saved by Dudek and Robinson then pulled off a save to deny Darren Potter.
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Ronaldo, who is being courted by Spanish champions Real Madrid, twice tested Cech in the final minutes of the first half -- the Chelsea keeper denied the 23-year-old's long-range effort with a fine flying save and then smothered his dipping free-kick.
The home side threatened briefly with a flurry of attacks after the interval, with Francis Dickoh heading over from a corner, Murray crashing a volley straight at Allan McGregor, while a skidding free kick from Zemmama had the Rangers keeper sprawling awkwardly to save, although the ball look like it was going wide.
Rolando Zarate fired in a free kick at the other end but was denied by a superb save from Romouald Peiser.
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