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Olympiakos Is Through, Victory for PAOK at Fiorentina and Panathinaikos Sees Another Defeat

rodrigues paokLast night Olympiakos earned its last point needed in order to advance to the knock-out stages in Europa League. In the end they sealed the deal with a 1-1 draw against Young Boys at their home match.
The first half of the match between the rival teams was uneventful up until the Reds came back in the 48th minute when Costas Fortunes scored the first goal of the night. Guillaume Hoarau tied the game with his goal for Young Boys 10 minutes later.
Now anticipation is mounting to see the results of the APOEL vs Olympiakos game set for next month in Nicosia where the summit of the group will be determined and Olympiakos needs to walk away victorious in order to finish first.
PAOK also had a victorious night on Thursday after defeating Fiorentina 3-2 in Florence.
The Greeks saw goals by Yevhen Shakhov in the 5th minute and Djalma Campos in the 26th minute and were ahead 2-0 until Federico Bernardeschi scored in the 33rd minute followed by Khouma Babacar five minutes into the second half.
Garry Rodrigues ended the evening, claiming a win for the Greeks, scoring at the end of the third minute of time added-on. This was the Thessaloniki club’s won their first ever win on Italian soil.
PAOK now looks two weeks ahead to when it is set to host Liberec.
Panathinaikos had a rough evening as the club was defeated for the fourth time in five games. They lost 2-0 to Ajax team in Amsterdam, putting them at the bottom of their group.
The fans of the Greek team that filled some 3,000 seats at the Amsterdam Arena jeered their team as the final whistle was blown in disappointment. This is the team’s third loss in the last three games in the league and in Europe.

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