We’ll have to go back a long way to find a Greek trefoil scorer in Europe…
Sporar scored the first goal of the season for Panathinaikos in the game against Slavia Prague and at the same time continued the tradition of foreign goalscorers in the European games of the Trifolio. In fact, the last 18 goals of the Greens in European competitions have been scored by foreigners alone and we will need to look back long enough to remember the last Greek who found the net in Europe.
Season 2015/2016
Panathinaikos – Club Brugge 2-1 (28/7/2015)
In this particular game, it was also the last goal scored by a Greek player in a game for Europe. The Belgians had taken the lead in the 10th minute, but first Berg in the 37th minute and then Nikos Karelis (65th minute) turned the game around. In the replay, Panathinaikos was defeated 3-0 and led to the Europa League qualifiers to find Kampala in front of them.
Panathinaikos – Kampala 2-2 (27/8/2015)
The first game in Azerbaijan was a goalless draw. In the Avenue replay the two teams drew 2-2 with the Greens being eliminated and out of Europe that season. Since that game, only foreigners have scored in a European game until today. Against Kampala, Berg (34′) and Nano (78′) scored.
Season 2016/2017
Panathinaikos – AIK (28/7/2016), (4/8/2016)
Panathinaikos face AIK Stockholm and Brodby respectively for the Europa League qualifiers and enter the groups of the competition. With the team from Sweden he passed with 2 victories (1-0, home), (0-2) away. The goal in “Apostolos Nikolaidis” by Moledo. In the away match, Ibarbo (46′) and Berg (73′) were anointed scorers.
Panathinaikos – Brodby (18/8/2016), (25/8/2016)
One win and one draw is Trifyllios’ tally in the pair that took them to the group stage. The Greens had cleared the qualification case from the first game after the 3-0 in Athens. With the replay ending 1-1. The goals in the home match were scored by Berg (45′, 82′), and Ledesma (54′). In the second match, Ivan Ivanov made it 1-1 in the 66th minute.
Panathinaikos – Ajax 1-2 (15/9/2016) and Standard Liège – Panathinaikos 2-2
In the group stage, Panathinaikos was drawn with Ajax, Telta and Standard Liège. There, only at home with the Dutch and away with Standard did he manage to score. In the premiere with Ajax, Berg had put Trefoil ahead in the 5th minute, while in Belgium, Panathinaikos had taken a 2-goal lead with 2 personal goals by Ibarbo (12′, 36′). He did not score in the remaining 4 matches.
Season 2017/2018
Panathinaikos – Kampala (27/7/2017), (3/8/2017)
As fate would have it, the two teams met again after 2 years. With Trefoil getting its “blood back” and eliminating Kampala with 2 wins in the same number of matches. 1-0 in Athens with a goal by Molins (37′) and 1-2 in Azerbaijan with goals by Lund (64′) and Kampesa two minutes later (66′).
Panathinaikos – Athletic Bilbao (17/8/2017), (24/7/2017)
In the next phase, Panathinaikos faced Athletic Bilbao. The Basques prevailed in both games, but not easily. They turned the 2-0 to 2-3 against them at Leoforo, while in Spain 1 goal a week later gave them their second victory. In the match that took place in Greece, Lund and Kampesas continued from where they left off with Kampala in the previous phase. The Finn made it 1-0 in the 29th minute while Kampesas in the 55th minute doubled the goals for Marinos Ouzounidis’ team.
Season 2022/2023
Panathinaikos – Slavia Prague 1-1 (11/8/2022)
And we come to the second game between Slavia Prague and Panathinaikos. Ivan Jovanovic’s team was asked to overturn the 2-0 of the first match and in the 58th minute they took the first step. Sporar, after missing 2 chances earlier in the game, put the Greens ahead with a header from Juancar’s cross. Nevertheless, the continuation was not similar, while Trefylli tied at 1-1 in the 94th minute after a mistake by Campetsis.
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