GREEK SOCCER ABROAD: Mitroglou continued his goal scoring spree as he found the back of the net twice within ten minutes to lead Benfica to a 3-0 victory over Arouca. Mitroglou has now scored 10 goals in his last 11 games.**VIDEO**
Chori Saves Olympiacos
Europa League Preview: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, PAOK
GREEK TEAMS UEFA COMPETITIONS: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, and PAOK will hope to clinch their place in the UEFA Europa League Group Stages in today’s second leg matches for the Playoff Qualifying Round. All three teams have a commanding lead in their respective ties. Olympiacos and PAOK will host Arouca and Dinamo Tbilisi while Panathinaikos will travel to Brondby. TV Listings for all the games can be found here.
Its a Start...
GREEK TEAMS UEFA COMPETITIONS: A mediocre Olympiacos (better in the first half) came away with a 0-1 victory against Arouca in Portugal for the first leg of the Europa League Playoff Qualifying Round. The win puts Olympiacos in the driver's seat to qualify for the Group Stage of the competition before next week's second leg in Greece. The only goal of the game came from Seba midway through the first half.**HIGHLIGHTS**
Easier for PAOK & Olympiacos, Tougher for Panathinaikos
GREEK TEAMS UEFA COMPETITIONS: Arouca, Dinamo Tbilisi, and Brondy will be the opponents of Olympiacos, PAOK, and Panathinaikos in the UEFA Europa League Playoff Qualifying Round. Since all 3 teams were seeded in today’s draw, each were expected to receive theoretically “easier” opponents. Panathinaikos seems to have the toughest task out of the three teams while PAOK and Olympiacos will be happy with today’s draw.