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PAOK’s excellent start in the Netherlands against Eindhoven in the fourththe Europa League group match, did not have the proper ending. Pablo García’s players went ahead with 2-0 in minute 13 ‘(Varela 4’ Tzolis 13 ‘), but the Dutch turned around with goals from Gakpo 20’, Mandueke 51 ‘and Malen 53’ and won 3-2 .
PAOK remains in the qualifying phase, however, with one point less than the Dutch (5 against 6) and five less than the champion of the Granada group (10). Omonia stayed in last place with one point.
The absolute surprise was achieved by PAOK since only in minute 4 did they go ahead on the scoreboard with a goal from Fernando Varela’s foot. Rodrigo made the cross, Jolis shot hard, the ball hit Varelas’s knee and ended up in the net, tricking Mvogo to make it 0-1. The night continued in the best possible way for PAOK and in the 13th minute Christos Tzolis doubled his team’s goals, with a strong volley following excellent energy from Adrija Zifkovic and an assist from Swab to the scorer.
The game caught fire at 20 ‘. The Dutch on the counterattack reduced the score with Gakpo and in the 25th minute they came close to equalizing with Dumfries who fired from a wing position a bit imprecisely. In the 42nd minute, the hosts were close to their goal, but Zifkovic pushed Malen’s shot into a corner preventing the 2-2.
At the start of the second half, PAOK showed confusion in their defensive role and in the 50th minute, they accepted the tie with a close spot from Mandueke, who found himself unguarded and violated Zifkovic’s goal.
Three minutes later (53 ‘) the Dutch managed to reverse the score with Malen after a total inactivity of the defensive line.
Referee: Treimanis (Latvia)
Yellows: Dumfries, Tsingaras, El Kaddouri, Augusto, Biseswar.
Eindhoven (Roger Schmidt): Mogo, Dumfries, Teze, Bosali, Max, Rosario, Madueke (78 ′ Mauro Jr.), Sangare, Gakpo, Malen (92 ′ Lentesma), Zahavi (71 ′)
PAOK (Pablo García): Zivkovic, Rodrigo, Varela, Ingason, Crespo (86 ′ Ouage), Kantouri (85 ′ Biseswar) Swab, Tsingaras (69 ′ Augusto), A. Zivkovic, Tzolis (58) ′ Sfinderski).
