PAOK clips AEK’s wings, sets up hot title race

PAOK came from behind to beat leader AEK on Sunday and set up a tense finish to the Super League playoffs, while Panathinaikos blew its chance against Aris and Olympiakos is now in with a chance of its own for the title. Meanwhile, Kifissia has been relegated.

In one of the season's best games PAOK downed AEK 3-2 at Toumba to leave AEK still needing two wins in the two games left to play to win the league.

PAOK went ahead with Giannis Konstantelias, yet Orbelin Pineda equalized, both goals coming in the first 10 minutes. Fifteen minutes from the end Domagoj Vida put AEK in front, but PAOK scored twice in the last 10 minutes, through Konstantelias and Abdul Baba Rahman, to get back in contention for the league.

Panathinaikos, on the other hand, practically lost all hope of challenging for its first league title in 14 years, as it went down to Aris 1-0 at home to...

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