Reuters
Tuesday, September 11, 2001; 3:26 PM

_____Champions League_____ Draws/Tables/Fixtures: • First Phase _____Results_____ Matchday 1 • Group A Loko. Moscow 1, Anderlecht 1 Roma 1, Real Madrid 2 • Group B Dynamo Kiev 2, Bo. Dortmund 2 Liverpool 1, Boavista 1 • Group C Real Mallorca 1, Arsenal 0 Schalke 0, Panathinaikos 2 • Group D Galatasaray 1, Lazio 0 Nantes 4, PSV Eindhoven 1

MOSCOW, Sept 11 – Russian fans paid their respects with a minute's silence for the victims of Tuesday's terror attacks in the United States before their Lokomotiv Moscow team drew 1-1 with Anderlecht of Belgium in the Champions League.

The match, which was the first to kick-off on the night following the attacks in the United States earlier on Tuesday, was marked by a minute's silence, ordered by UEFA.

And it was met by a respectful silence from the 15,500 fans in the stadium, almost all of whom were Russian.

Lokomotiv dominated most of the match but had to settle for a point from this opening group A game.

The Russian side, who only made sure of their place in the Champions League on Saturday after replaying their annulled match with Tirol Innsbruck in Austria, made the worst possible start when Anderlecht went ahead after only 14 minutes with Marc Hendrikx heading home a cross from Gilles de Bilde.

But Lokomotiv equalised three minutes later when Vladimir Maminov drilled home a 17th minute shot that flew past Anderlecht goalkeeper Filip De Wilde following a cross from Maxim Buznikin.

Maminov then hit the bar in the dying seconds of the first half as the Russian team lifted their game and intensified their pressure on the Belgian goal.

Lokomotiv had the upper hand after the break as well, and only two good saves from De Wilde in on-on-one situations with Ruslan Pimenov and Jakob Legheto, stopped them taking all three points.

Lokomotiv coach Yuri Semin praised his players' performance, but was quick to point out the limited preparation time they had had due to the Tirol replay.

"We played well for our first match at such a high level, regardless of a complicated period of preparation," Semin told a post-match news conference.

"We had a short period to prepare but the players showed good work," he said, adding that they had only managed to watch one Anderlecht game before playing Tuesday's match."

UEFA ordered a replay of the Tirol game after the Austrian champions lodged an appeal, claiming that Dutch referee Mario van der Ende had booked the wrong player.

Anderlecht coach Aime Anthuenis said the Moscow match had ended in an "honourable result."

"The first half was played at a very high tempo, but the second half was much calmer," he said.