Vidi beat PAOK for the second time – Europa League – HIGHLIGHTS

Another great battling display earned Vidi a 1-0 win over PAOK on Thursday evening in Budapest.

Vidi FC 1-0 (0-0) PAOK FC
Goal: Milanov 50

Vidi FC: Kovácsik — Stopira, Vinícius, Juhász, Fiola — Hadzic, Pátkai, Nego — Huszti (Kovács 66), Milanov (Nikolov 58) — Scsepovics (Hodzic 76)
PAOK FC: Paschalakis — Matos, Varela, Tosca, El (Akpom 63), Prijovic, Crespo, Limnios (Biseswar 60), Wernbloom, Shakhov, Léo (Warda 70)

Venue: Groupama Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 17,208
Referees: Ali PalabiyikCeyhun SesigüzelSerkan OlguncanAiper UlusoyYasar Kemal Ugurlu

It was back to Europa League group stage action on Thursday evening in Budapest. The game at the Groupama Arena kicked off at 18:55pm with Chelsea leading the group with 9 points. PAOK, Vidi and BATE all had 3 points each with the Greek side sitting in second place thanks to a better goal difference. Match 4 of the group saw Vidi face PAOK for the second time in the space of a couple of weeks with Chelsea winning the other group game 1-0 away in BATE.

Marko Nikolic did not make any changes to his starting line-up from the team that won 2-0 away in Thessoliniki. PAOK had an expected stronger side with Prijovic, Wernbloom and Leo Jaba coming in. There was a good atmosphere inside the Groupama with virtually every ticket sold. PAOK had more of the ball in the early exchanges and the first chance after 9 minutes. Limnios flicked a Tocsa cross on towards goal, but keeper Kovacsik was well placed to collect it. Vidi managed to break forward after 13 minutes when Scepovic out paced Varela but in the end he could not shoot at goal.

A free kick after 31 minutes ended with Vinicius falling to the ground in a dubious manner, but the Turkish match official did not blow his whistle as the match continued without any significant event.

We were in the dying stages of the first half when Fiola went on a solo run before finding Milanov, whose promising shot was blocked by Varela. The danger did not end and Fiola headed the ball to Nego, who almost found himself with a chance on goal, but a defender got back to clear and the teams went in at the break with the score at 0-0.

The second half did not start in any other way than Vidi taking the lead. Vinicius got the ball inside his half and fed Patkai with the ball before continuing to sprint. The midfielder took the ball beyond two defenders and played the ball out left to Vinicius, whose cross in was headed nicely home by Georgi Milanov (1-0).