PAOK show title mettle with fightback win over Kalloni

ATHENS (Reuters) - PAOK Salonika came from behind to beat AEL Kalloni 2-1 in the Greek Super League on Wednesday to remain in touch with leaders Olympiakos Piraeus and show they will not give up the title race without a fight.





Angelos Anastasiadis’s men fell behind to Nikos Kaltsas’s seventh-minute strike, but a second-half double from Argentine forward Facundo Pereyra turned the game around for PAOK.

PAOK have 40 points from 18 matches, two behind Olympiakos.

The leaders were awarded an automatic 3-0 victory over cash-strapped Niki Volos, who are banned from action by the Super League until payments are made to players.

Third place Panathinaikos needed a Mladen Petric strike just before the half-hour mark to claim all three points in a tightly contested 1-0 home win against Levadiakos at the Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium.

The Greens have 36 points from their 18 matches.





(Editing by Toby Davis)


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