What a victory! What a qualification! What an epic team! The European Panathinaikos didn’t just talk but shouted that is here! Diego Alonso’s Greens were sensational and celebrated a great qualification! OAKA was turned into a “volcano” by more than 60,000 Shamrock fans and the… green lava “burned” Lens.
Panathinaikos made a great comeback and prevailed 2-0, overturning the 2-1 deficit from the first match in Lens. The players of Panathinaikos gave their soul on the pitch of the Olympic Stadium and the last drop of their blood for the qualification. Just like they had promised before the game. They gave it all, they deserved it and they succeeded. Panathinaikos continues its European journey in the League Phase of the Europa Conference League. The best is yet to come…
Panathinaikos made a very dynamic start, pressuring Lens from the first second, who, however, threatened first in the game. In the 15th minute, the French team won a penalty when Mladenovic marked Da Costa inside the area, but the formidable Dragowski fell right to his right corner and impressively saved Sotoca’s shot. In 62′, the Greens played quickly on the counter attack with Pelistri crossing several meters in front of the field making an amazing move. Uruguayan Pellistri with a great finish in the right corner opened the scoring (1-0) bringing the two teams level on aggregate (2-2).
In the 85th minute they “struck” again with another exemplary counterattack. Brazilian Tete with a magical … caress sent the ball into the net, signing the score 2-0. The referee blew the whistle for the end and a green party was set up in OAKA. Panathinaikos continues its European journey…
Panathinaikos: Dragowski, Kotsiras (61′ Vagiannidis), Mladenovic, Ingason (79′ Schenkeveld), Jedvaj, Arao, Cerin (61′ Maksimovic), Bakasetas (61′ Mancini), Pellistri (82′ Djuricic), Tete, Ioannidis.
RC Lens: Samba, Frankowski, Gradit (87′ Nzola), Khusanov, Sarr (71′ Haidara), Machado (71′ Chavez), Thomasson, Diouf, Da Costa (66′ Fulgini), Sotoca, Said (67′ Lascary).
