Everything to play for next week for Olympiakos and PAOK
Olympiakos and PAOK remain in with a chance to qualify to the semifinals of the Europa Conference League after Thursday's first-leg games, with the Piraeus giant beating Fenerbahce 3-2 at home and the Thessaloniki team going down 1-0 at Club Bruges.
The evening had looked much more promising for the Reds at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium after one hour's play, as Olympiakos led 3-0 with a stunning performance that had the Turks in trouble.
Kostas Fortounis opened the score after barely eight minutes on the clock and Stevan Jovetic gave the hosts a 2-0 lead on the 32nd.
Then 12 minutes into the second half Chiquinho made it 3-0, but just as it seemed the Reds were heading for a triumph, a silly penalty conceded by Panayiotis Retsos gave Dusan Tadic the chance to pull one back on the 68th, and six minutes on Irfan Kahveci scored Fener's second, that leaves the...
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