The match kicked off half an hour late due to the police using tear gas to disperse crowd trouble, but there were also a lot of of emotions and drama on the night.Panathinaikos entered the pitch with teh aim of lettingPAOK have the ball and to press high.Razvan Lucescu’s team, for their part, tried to break the opponent’s pressure game and find routes to goal.

In the first half hour of the match there were not real scoring chances, as the match was littered with mistakes and fouls which made the game a stop-start affair.

The phase that was to decide the outcome of the game came in the 32nd minute.Gacinovic stooped down to try and a header in the penalty area, falling at the feet ofVieirinha. SpanishrefereeLaoz waved play on, but then aVAR review saw theSpaniard go and check the phase of play on the pitchside monitor. After examining the footage for around five minutes, he decided to award a penalty, andAitor beatPaschalakisfrom the spot.

The game was stopped again, with both teams going to the dressing rooms for half an hour. When they returned,PAOK again started strongly and missed a golden chance to level matters throughAkpom, but he headed straight atBrignolion the stroke of half-time.

In the second half,Panathinaikos stepped back even more,PAOK took the game by the scruff of it neck, and on 58 minutes missed another great opportunity throughBiseswar who did everything right to get into a shooting position but unrotuantely side-footed his placed effort wide of the post.

In the 79th minute,PAOK then had another great chance, withSchwab rising to head a cross goalwards from close range, but although the effort beatBrignoli, itwas cleared off the line by aPanathinaikos defender.

Panathinaikos played a striclty defensive game from that moment on and sought to run down the clock.PAOK, for their part, continued to try and give everything until the final whistle and missed three more good opportunities.

Firstly,Mitrita failed to hit the target with a shot from outside the penalty area, a minute laterSchwab sent a header wide, before the final chance came in the second minute of added time. A combination ofBrignoli and his defenders blocked a close-range effort fromColak andSchwab then saw his follow-up saved byBrignoli.

Team lineups:

Panathinaikos (Ivan Jovanovic): Brignioli, Kotsiras, Velez, Schenkefeld, Juankar, Villafanez, (68′ Kourbelis), Perez, Palacios (93′ Sarlia), Gacinovic (76′ Alexandropoulos), Aitor, Ioannidis (75′ Carlitos).

The match kicked off half an hour late due to the police using tear gas to disperse crowd trouble, but there were also a lot of of emotions and drama on the night.Panathinaikos entered the pitch with teh aim of lettingPAOK have the ball and to press high.Razvan Lucescu’s team, for their part, tried to break the opponent’s pressure game and find routes to goal.

In the first half hour of the match there were not real scoring chances, as the match was littered with mistakes and fouls which made the game a stop-start affair.

The phase that was to decide the outcome of the game came in the 32nd minute.Gacinovic stooped down to try and a header in the penalty area, falling at the feet ofVieirinha. SpanishrefereeLaoz waved play on, but then aVAR review saw theSpaniard go and check the phase of play on the pitchside monitor. After examining the footage for around five minutes, he decided to award a penalty, andAitor beatPaschalakisfrom the spot.

The game was stopped again, with both teams going to the dressing rooms for half an hour. When they returned,PAOK again started strongly and missed a golden chance to level matters throughAkpom, but he headed straight atBrignolion the stroke of half-time.

In the second half,Panathinaikos stepped back even more,PAOK took the game by the scruff of it neck, and on 58 minutes missed another great opportunity throughBiseswar who did everything right to get into a shooting position but unrotuantely side-footed his placed effort wide of the post.

In the 79th minute,PAOK then had another great chance, withSchwab rising to head a cross goalwards from close range, but although the effort beatBrignoli, itwas cleared off the line by aPanathinaikos defender.

Panathinaikos played a striclty defensive game from that moment on and sought to run down the clock.PAOK, for their part, continued to try and give everything until the final whistle and missed three more good opportunities.

Firstly,Mitrita failed to hit the target with a shot from outside the penalty area, a minute laterSchwab sent a header wide, before the final chance came in the second minute of added time. A combination ofBrignoli and his defenders blocked a close-range effort fromColak andSchwab then saw his follow-up saved byBrignoli.

Team lineups:

Panathinaikos (Ivan Jovanovic): Brignioli, Kotsiras, Velez, Schenkefeld, Juankar, Villafanez, (68′ Kourbelis), Perez, Palacios (93′ Sarlia), Gacinovic (76′ Alexandropoulos), Aitor, Ioannidis (75′ Carlitos).