Bryan Cabezas

Six minutes were enough for Athletic Bilbao to overturn Panathinaikos's two-goal lead and establish themselves as favorites for the Europa League group stage following Thursday's qualifying play-off first leg clash at Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium in Athens.

Panathinaikos and PAOK scored victories on Thursday and advanced to the play-offs of the Europe League, while Panionios fell to Maccabi Tel Aviv in Athens.

Panathinaikos was clearly the better team in Baku and beat Qabala 2-1 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate to emphatically avenge its elimination from the same competition two years ago.