Riga – PAOK 0-2: First win in the Europa League for the “white blacks” starring Despodov

He only wanted the three point against Riga, with Razvan Lucescu players making a very good appearance winning 2–0 in Latvia, taking their first win in the . Kiril Despodov with goals and assists was the top for the Thessalonians who reached 4 points in the event. Chalov the other goal of the bicep. Mission accomplished in Riga for PAOK! The Thessalonians made their best game in this year’s Europa League and got a comfortable win in Latvia 2–0. Despodov and Chalov the goals of the “white blacks” who stayed alive regarding their entry into the playoffs of the event. The game PAOK started the game in the best way, as just in the second minute Zivkovic with fine individual energy, saw Despodov and with a drag center gave a touchdown to Bulgarian, who had no difficulty sending the ball to the nets. PAOK’s “explosive” start gave wings to the feet of Lucescu footballers, who in the field held the ball and did not allow Riga to threaten Kotarski’s focus with claims. In fact the guests could have closed the first place with 2 goals difference, but in the 36th minute Andrija Zivkovic missed a huge opportunity to score. Specifically in a parallel ball by Despodov, the Serbian made a diagonal shot, however before the ball crossed the final line, Odoa performed a life-saving intervention, saving the Latvians from a 2nd finish. So the first part ended with a score of 1-0 in favor of PAOK, with the Thessalonians having a better performance in the field. In the replay the picture did not change much, with the “whites” succeeding in scoring a second time in the game, with Chalov being the goaler. Specifically in 59′ after excellent guest development, Despodov gave the assist to Chalov, with the latter scoring to make 2–0. From this point on, Razvan Lucescu wanted to “throw” the pace of the match, with PAOK players leading 2 goals to make an excellent management in the race and even if they were a little luckier they would have managed to score 3rd goals. With this win PAOK reached 4 points in the Europa League and is now in 25th place, in -1 by Real Sociedad and Slavia Prague. It is recalled that with the new format of European events the first 8 teams qualify directly for the knockout, while those finishing from 9th to 24th place will play play playoff games to complete the knockout puzzle.