First win for Olympiakos, as Vidi shocks PAOK

Olympiakos scored its first victory at the group stage of the Europa League, beating Dudelange 2-0 in Luxembourg on Thursday, while PAOK lost precious ground going down 2-0 at home to Hungarian champion Vidi.

Urged on by hundreds of its fans at the Josy Barthel stadium in Luxembourg, Olympiakos put an end to a winless streak of four games in all competitions and maintain its chances of making the top two of the pool that is led by Real Betis and AC Milan.

The 18th-minute introduction of Greece winger Lazaros Christodoulopoulos at injured Miguel Angel Guerrero's place livened up the Greek team's frontline, as he got mighty close to scoring several times, hitting the crossbar twice in the game.

Olympiakos had to wait for 66 minutes to open the score. Costas Fortounis took a corner kick that found Vassilis Torosidis, and the Greece captain headed the ball in from...