Poor night for Greeks in Europe, but PAOK qualifies

Greek teams had a bad night in Europe on Thursday, with Panathinaikos, Olympiakos and AEK suffering defeats in the Europa League that jeopardize their future in the competition, while PAOK could not beat Aberdeen at home for the Conference League - but still snatched the ticket for the next round.

Panathinaikos lost 3-1 to 10-man Rennes in France and is left with four points from as many matches.

The hosts led early on through Fabian Rieder, Fotis Ioannidis equalized for the Greens from the spot before half-time, but goals from Ibrahim Salah and Ludovic Blas gave the French all three points.

Olympiakos played a good game in London but eventually went down 1-0 to host West Ham and is also on four points from four matches.

The goal that settled the encounter came on the 73rd minute from Lucas Paqueta, while Olympiakos was unlucky to see the woodwork deny...