Panathinaikos was unstoppable in Bulgaria! The Greens were thunderous in Plovdiv, where they crushed Botev 4-0, and with a total score of 6-1 celebrated an emphatic qualification to the third qualifying round of the Europa League.
The next opponent for Panathinaikos is an… old acquaintance as Ajax will be on our team’s way. In a big European encounter, the Greens will welcome Ajax at OAKA on Thursday, August 8, while the second leg will take place a week later (15/8) in Amsterdam with the aim of qualifying for the Europa League playoffs.
Yeremeyev scored in the 6th and 50th minute, while Djuricicic scored in 34′ and 45+3′ to make it 0-4.
Botev Plovdiv: Bernat, Conte, Tamm, Diabate (46′ Akere), Balogiannis (59′ Yordanov, 64′ Karabelyov), Eto’o, Perera, Minkov, Popov (46′ Korosec), Nwachukwu, Ujah (44′ Sekulic).
Panathinaikos: Dragowski, Kotsiras, Ingason, Ingason, Jedvaj (46′ Maksimovic), Mladenovic, Arao, Cerin (73′ Zeca), Mancini (66′ Tete), Bakasetas, Djuricic (73′ Limnios), Jeremejeff (79′ Sporar).
