In Latvia for the 5th matchday of the Europa League, PAOK led by Despodov (goal and assist) achieved its first victory in the competition with a 2-0 win over Riga. The next opponent of the “doubleheader” in Toumba is Ferentsvaros (12/12, 19.45).
Lucescu’s team surprised the Latvians in just 2 minutes and from a nice turn by Zifkovic, the incoming Despodov opened the scoring with a close-range shot (0-1).
Riga, for its part, counted two points before the match, having drawn two draws at home against Galatasaray (2-2) and Anderlecht (1-1), could not threaten Kotarski despite the effortless mistakes of the defenders of the “two-headed” . PAOK controlled the game and had two very big chances with two shots by Zivkovic to score a second goal. The home side threatened once through Ikaunieks in the 38th minute but Kotarski was there.
In the 2nd half, Rigas threatened in the 47th minute with Quantio and over time it became more dangerous, but PAOK was the one who made it 0-2 and practically cleaned up the match from the 59th minute. Otto found Despodov who took the turn and Chalov leapt to the far post and sent the ball into the net. In the 73′, Zifkovic again scored from Despodov’s ball from a difficult position, while in the 84′, the Serb again scored from the side, but Lipusek on the line saved his team’s goal.
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RIGA: Ontoa, Balodis (66′ Lemagic), Prenga (70′ Stuglis), Lipusek, Savalnieks, Markiev (28′ Silagadze), Panic, Zelenkovs, Odisaria, Ikaunieks, Quantio.
PAOK: Kotarski, Oto (81′ Satre), Michaelidis (46′ Koley), Kenziora, Baba, Kamara, Ozdoev, Constantelias (86′ Thymianis), Zivkovic, Despodov (81′ Soretire), Chalov (66′ Tisundali).
*The other results of the first matches of today’s 5th matchday:
Anderlecht – Porto 2-2
Karabakh – Lyon 1-4
Lazio – Ludogorets 0-0
Besiktas – Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-3
Alkmaar – Galatasaray 1-1
Bilbao – Elfsborg 3-0
Dynamo Kyiv – Victoria Plzen 1-2
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