Beşiktaş have experienced too many European nights on which they squandered one, two, even three-goal leads. This was not one of them.Leading 2-1 when opening goalscorer Vincent Aboubakar was dismissed on 39 minutes, they may have feared that Olympiacos 2016/17 would become the latest surrender for the list. Older fans still remember past capitulations against Steagul Roşu Brasov (1974/75 UEFA Cup) and Vålerenga (1998/99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup), with the younger ones struggling to shake the memories of more recent collapses against Club Brugge (2014/15 UEFA Europa League) and Sporting CP (2015/16 UEFA Europa League).
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Olympiacos v Osmanlıspor background
Olympiacos will hope to improve on some shaky European home form this season as they welcome Osmanlıspor, the Turkish side in the midst of their greatest continental adventure.Previous meetings• The clubs are meeting for the first time in what will be Osmanlıspor's first encounter with Greek opponents. • Olympiacos's three games against Turkish sides ended W1 D0 L2 (W1 at home, L2 in Turkey).• Turkish teams have had the better of the 19 UEFA club competition games between the neighbouring nations' sides: W9 D6 L4. Only
Astana v Olympiacos background
Astana need to make home advantage count against Olympiacos, knowing they will be out of contention for a UEFA Europa League round of 32 place if they lose or draw and APOEL win.Previous meetings• Olympiacos won 4-1 in Piraeus when the teams met for the first time on matchday three. • That was only the fifth encounter between Greek and Kazakh clubs in UEFA competition with Greek sides now 3-2 ahead in terms of victories. Tobol Kostanay beat OFI Crete 1-0 home and away in a 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup tie, while PAOK overcame Shakhter Karagandy 2-1 at home and
Anderlecht’s Acheampong floors Olympiacos
's coolly taken penalty gives Olympiacos momentumAlan Pulido goes close for Olympiacos and Anderlecht hit post in second halfFrank Acheampong on target twice as Belgian side win match in extra timeApply for tickets for UEFA Europa League final at Basel's St. Jakob-ParkRound of 16 draw takes place on Friday, streamed live from 13.00CETForward Frank Acheampong was the hero of the hour for Anderlecht, scoring twice in extra time to block Olympiacos's path to the UEFA Europa League round of 16.Trailing 1-0 from the opening instalment in Brussels, th...