PAOK and AEK win eventful first-leg games in Cup

PAOK and AEK scored narrow home wins over Olympiakos and Aris respectively on Wednesday, leaving the Greek Cup semifinal ties wide open.

PAOK came back from 2-0 down to beat Olympiakos 3-2 at Toumba in a game that had it all, unlike the rather drab affair of the same fixture for the league 10 days earlier. The match boasted four goals in the first 12 minutes and plenty of action throughout.

Olympiakos was 2-0 up from the sixth minute, first through Ahmed Hasan and then via Guilherme, making the most of the errors by the depleted PAOK defense in this game.

Spurred on by the jeers of their own fans, the home players drew level within six minutes, goals coming from Dimitris Pelkas and Josip Misic.

In the rest of the game the two sides missed plenty of chances but only PAOK got to score, thanks to a second-half penalty by Pelkas. PAOK was also left with 10...