On Thursday night, Olympiacos took on Slovan Bratislava on home soil at the Karaiskakis stadium.
The Reds have taken a huge league to qualify for the next round of the Europa League after beating the Slovakian team 3-0 in the first match of the playoffs.
Mady Camara scored late in the first half, before Pape Abu Cisse scored in the 52nd minute to set the team up for a strong lead and then golden ticket into the group stage.
While Olympiacos put up a tremendous fight, they did get a little extra help thanks to a 68th minute own goal by Bozikov.
The Reds will be heading over to Solvaki’s Tehelné pole stadium, with hopes to seal the ticket into the group stage on 27 August, 4:45am (AEST).
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Cypriot team AC Omonia also started off on the right foot, despite having a bit more bite back from Royal Antwerp.
Loizos Loizou put through two of Omonia’s four goals, scoring the first at 43 minutes, and his second came at 55 minutes after teammate Andronikos Kakoullis’ stinger in 48th minute.
The Cypriots were leading 3-1 early in the second half, but a goal from the opposition in the 62nd minute brought the score to 3-2, slowly closing the gap between the teams.
Thankfully Iyayi Believe Atiemwen made sure that his penalty in the 84th minute would not go to waste and greatly secure Omonia’s win 4-2.
Omonia will head over to Belgium for the second round of play-offs, and go up against Antwerp on 27 August, 5:00am AEST.
