PAOK were outstanding in the second half against Helsinki at the Bolt Arena, overturning a 1-0 first-half deficit to win 3-2 to start their UEFA Europa Conference League group stage on the right foot.

Among the top players was Kiril Despodov, who made a dream debut for the Double-headed Eagle in Europe. He provided the assist in the 55th minute for Koulierakis to make it 1-1, and then in the 81st minute he scored the breakthrough goal to pave the way for victory. The Bulgarian winger, in addition to the goal and the assist, had four attempts on goal and in general he was excellent throughout the match.

In the Fans’ Man of the Match poll, he collected 61.39% of the votes to win the individual award, leaving Konstantinos Koulierakis in second place. The PAOK defender scored the first goal, and generally put in a brilliant performance.