Stefanos Athanasiadis

The entire European week went by with no goals at all by Greece's three representatives in the Champions League and the Europa League, as one day after Olympiakos' 2-0 home reverse to Porto, AEK lost 2-0 at Leicester and PAOK finished 0-0 at home with Granada on Thursday.

Greek clubs completed a week with three games in Europe and no goals scored, as after AEK's 3-0 loss to Ajax for the Champions League on Wednesday, PAOK went down 1-0 at home to Chelsea and Olympiakos shared a goalless draw with visiting Real Betis for the Europa League.

PAOK Thessaloniki have taken a 3-1 advantage in their Europa League bout after defeating Ostersund in Greece in their first leg. PAOK came from a goal behind (Nouri 21 p) to score 3 goals with Leo Matos (38’) and a brace by Prijovic.

PAOK upset the odds and won the Greek volleyball league for the third year in a row as it triumphed 3-1 on Sunday at Olympiakos to win the final series by 3-2 wins.

Olympiakos finished the regular season with a nine-point lead over runner-up PAOK, and had only one defeat in 22 games. It also lifted the Greek Cup and the League Cup.

Olympiakos and Panathinaikos lost games they should not have lost in the Europa League on Thursday, but PAOK saved some face for Greece on the night with a precious away win in the Czech Republic.

Cypriot champion APOEL added another scalp to its collection of the last seven years in Europe, beating Greek champion Olympiakos 1-0 in Piraeus to move up to six points.

Bulgarian footballer Dimitar Berbatov scored a goal from a penalty kick for his team PAOK, helping it gain a 2:1 victory over Veria in a match of the Greek championship on Sunday.

Berbatov, who has been playing for PAOK since September of last year, secured himself a place in the starting lineup with a decisive goal in a Greek Cup match last week.

By George Georgakopoulos

PAOK crashed out of the Europa League, having the same fate as Panathinaikos and Asteras Tripolis, as it lost at home to France’s En Avant Guingamp on Thursday, to leave Olympiakos as Greece’s sole representative in the Round of 32.

 Panathinaikos loses at home to Dinamo Moscow

By George Georgakopoulos

Greek teams produced a patchy record on the opening night of the Europa League group stage on Thursday, as PAOK thrashed Dynamo Minsk, Asteras Tripolis snatched a draw at Besiktas and Panathinaikos lost at home to Dynamo Moscow.

By George Georgakopoulos

By George Georgakopoulos