The activity of PAOK’s European rivals during the weekend reads: 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In detail:

Dinamo Minsk – Shakhtyor Salihorsk 1-4

The surprise result on matchday 1 of the championship round in the Belarussian league was Dinamo Minsk’s hands-down defeat at home by Shakhtyor Salihorsk, a side that trailed PAOK rivals by 17 points upon the conclusion of the regular season! Dinamo blacked out for twelve minutes and ended up conceding four goals (48’, 50’, 53’, 60’). They could only score a consolation goal with Adamović.

Dinamo Minsk: Gutor, Adamović, Figueredo (46΄Dja Djedje), Karpovich, Kontsevoi, Politevich, Simović, Stasevich, Udoji, Veretilo, Voronkov (76′ Diomande).

EA Guingamp-Bordeaux 2-1

EA Guingamp prevailed 2-1 over Bordeaux, subjecting them to their first defeat of the season, while managing to get out of the relegation zone themselves. PAOK’s next rivals in the UEFA Europa League stage stormed to a 2-0 lead in half time, courtesy of Moustapha Diallo (26′) and Christophe Mandanne.

EA Guingamp: Samassa, Baca, Leveque, Sorbone, Kerbrat, Diallo, Mathis, Beauvue, Pied (73΄Giresse), Marveaux (77′ Schwartz), Mandanne (85′ Angoua).

ACF Fiorentina –Genoa CFC 0-0

Fiorentina’s attack got stuck in “Artemio Franchi” and the Viola were held to a goalless draw by Genoa. Despite dominating the encounter throughout, especially in the last half hour, the home side could not find their way past the excellent Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin who kept his team alive, even after they were reduced to 10 players (72’).

ACF Fiorentina: Neto, Tomović, Αlonso, Rodríguez, Savić (82′ Pasqual), Valero, Aquilani, Pizarro, Cuadrado, Babacar (70′ Iličić), Gomez (57΄Bernardeschi).