Panathinaikos has finished the opening stage of the UEFA Conference League in style, securing a dominant win over Dinamo Minsk to officially confirm their place in the knockout phase play-offs as a seeded club.
The “Trifylli” downed the Belarussian club 3-0 at the Olympic Stadium on Monday morning (AEDT) in the sixth and final matchday of the competition’s League Phase, moving up to finish in 13th place with ten points.
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The Greens went in front in the 33rd minute after midfielder Azzedine Ounahi found Giannis Kotsiras down the right side, with the right back drilling the ball across goal for striker Alexander Jeremejeff to tap in.
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Panathinaikos doubled their advantage early into the second period when Tete was played through on goal by Ounahi, with the winger hitting it into the bottom right (53′).
Tete soon bagged his second of the game with another composed strike into the same corner (65′), with the Brazilian later squandering a golden chance to bag a hat-trick when he had his penalty saved by goalkeeper Fedor Lapoukhov in the bottom right.
Captain Fotis Ioannidis made up for Tete’s miss moments later when he saw Lapoukhov off his line, with the striker lobbing the ball from well outside the box into the goal to delight the Panathinaikos fans in attendance.