PAOK found themselves 2-0 down at the OPAP Arena in the 47th minute. However, the visitors managed to peroduce a reaction and turn the game on its head, showing character, and scoring three goals to leave with three important points from Athens on the first matchday of the Stoiximan Super League Play Offs.

Among the top performners on the night was Giannis Michailides. The Greek defender produced an impressive display, both in defense and in attack, and it was with two wonderful long-range passes to Giannis Konstantelias and Andrija Zivkovic , that he managed to lay the foundations for the upset.

In the first case, he sent a pass of pin-point accuracy to Konstantelias, who brought the ball down excellently and scored for 2-1, while a few minutes later he found A. Zivkovic on the left with an almost carbon copy pass, and the Serb applied the finish for 2-2.

And in the Fans’ Man of the Match poll, it was Michailides who received 52.55% of the votes and won the individual award.

Konstantelias was The Lion’s only opponent in the vote, but he came in second place. Mr. Breeze put in another great performance, tormenting the opposing defense on many occasions, culminating in the «poem» of a goal in the 58th minute that sparked the upset.