For Olympique today came a historic day - the Donetsk team was to debut in European competition, in particular, in the European League. Opponent for such a debut caught extremely difficult - the Greek PAOK, who has long known the taste of European club tournaments, speaking there year after year.

Roman Sanjar released at the start, perhaps, the optimal combination of players that he has. In addition, in the application was and Anton Postuplenko, last year's Olympic leader, who returned to the team just before the promulgation of the application for the match.

Stanojevic, in turn, also released a fairly strong composition, hinting at PAOK's claims to ensure that he would be able to reach the next round by the end of the first match. Note that the place in the start was found and football players, well-known Ukrainian fans - Leo Matos and Eugene Shahov.

From the first minutes of the match, the Greeks took the ball under their control - Sanzhar wards were forced to put pressure on the opponent, but then the players of Olympique gained confidence in their abilities and pushed the game to someone else's half of the field, not afraid to combine and punch on goal from any position. It is worth noting that the debut of the Donetsk club in European competition turned out pretty good, especially considering the class of PAOK players who, by their status, are more powerful than their counterparts. It seemed that the Olympic is not the first time playing at European level.

True, Stanoyevich's wards could cool the heat of the Donetsk team in the 16th minute, when Crespo was alone in front of Makharadze's gate after a lumbago from Kampuche, but struck above the crossbar, having forgiven the Ukrainians. In the first half, you can recall a sufficient number of attacks on goal, but none of them scored a goal, leaving the teams went to the locker rooms with a goalless draw.

The beginning of the second half was just fabulous for Olympique - in the 49th minute Bogdanov gave the goalkeeper square with a free kick, and Bilenky won the fight on the second floor and sent the ball into the net - 1: 0.

It was expected that the Sanzhar wards will retire after a goal scored, but it turned out on the contrary. Within a few minutes, Moha, Lukyanchuk and Bogdanov alternately could double the hosts' advantage, but Rei saved his team several times. It seemed that if the Donetsk team continued to break through PAOK's goal, they would still score the second goal. But it turned out the opposite - just came on the replacement Pedro Henrique received the ball on the right flank, easily left Nemchaninov, bursting into the penalty area, then left in Shabanov's hand and sent the ball into the net gate Makharadze - 1: 1.

The goal scored gave confidence to the guests, who completely took possession of the game advantage, but did not create any danger at the gate of others. Closer to the end of the fight, Olympique went ahead in the hope of snatching victory in the match, but to really disturb Ray was no longer possible. Cross out all the hopes for an acceptable result for the hosts could Kravchenko in the 93rd minute - Anton struck meters from 35 in his (!) Goal, but, fortunately, Makharadze saved his team.

Sanzhar's wards surprised everyone with their game against a formidable opponent. The debut of the Donetsk club was impressive, and no one should blame Olympique in case of his departure from the League of Europe after the return match in Greece. In Thessaloniki, as we know, always very hot in the stands, so that the Ukrainian players have to confront not only the players PAOK, but also their 12th player.

The return match of the third qualifying round of the Europa League between PAOK and Olimpic will be held on August 3rd at 21:00.

Olympic - PAOK 1: 1.

Goals: Bilen'kii, 49 - Pedro Enrique, 59 Marseille: Maharadze - Lukyanchuk, Kravchenko, Shabanov Dmytro Nyemchaninov - Bogdanov, Cymbalyuk - Shestakov Khomutov (Mihaliov 69), Moh (Migunov, 64) - Bilen'kii (Sondhi, 78) PAOK: Rei - Matos, Varela, Crespo, Leovats - Shakhov (Bisesvar, 55), Canas, Chimirot - Dzhalma Kampush (Pedro Enrique, 55), Priyovich, Mak (Pelkas, 81) Cards: Kravchenko - Shakhov Leovats.