00:00They're missing the likes of Roma, Porto and two English Premier League teams, Aston Villa and Donningham Forest.
00:07Those four teams are all in the other side of the draw.
00:10Bacastetas and Javi Hernandez.
00:13Sotiris Contouris and Tyn Yedvay don't make the squad.
00:17Sergi Altamira, Cucho Hernandez and Abdi Esalzuli remain from that starting 11.
00:27So Real Betis in their change strip will attack the goal away to our right.
00:35Very good side, Real Betis on the counter attack.
00:39Tanathan Ayakos and coach Rafa Benitez will have done his homework on that.
00:43They've given the ball away, the home side really cheaply there.
00:46The header forces the save out of La Font.
00:49Big error though from Davide Calabria.
00:52Both hands on that.
00:54Really sloppy at the back from Calabria.
00:58Cucho Hernandez, it's good height for the goalkeeper.
01:03Save you'd expect to make and did easily.
01:07And the header from Llorente.
01:11This has nicely worked.
01:14Taborda, good approach play this from Panathinaikos but no end product.
01:22Good luck at the Real Betis goal there for Georgios Kiriakopoulos.
01:30Antony, a little bit of space to work in here.
01:36Fornells, Kucho Hernandez, decent save.
01:43Nice pullback from Fornells, good first touch from Kucho Hernandez.
01:48And La Font reading the direction of travel, Kiriakopoulos.
01:58And we reach half-time in Greece in the UEFA Europa League round 16 first leg match.
02:05It will be Panathinaikos in the green and white to get the second half started.
02:12And the onus on them to press for the opening goal in the tie.
02:19Fornells on the overlap.
02:23Hernandez, in by Rui Baal.
02:26And the header is good from Ezra Azuli but not quite enough to get it up and over.
02:31He's a very tall goalkeeper.
02:34And just had to...
02:37Antony.
02:38Good look at the penalty area here for the Brazilian.
02:43Kucho Hernandez, not too far away there.
02:51It didn't miss by much, did it?
02:55Really good effort from Kucho Hernandez.
03:06Gomez.
03:12Azalzuli, he's got the run on Zaruri now.
03:14He's got to be careful on that yellow card.
03:17The free kick's been given.
03:20And it's the second yellow card for Anas Zaruri.
03:25He is off.
03:26Ezra Azuli there.
03:29And that was enough, I think, for Jimont Marciniak to be readying the second yellow for him.
03:35And then the subsequent red.
03:42Deliberately to the edge of the box.
03:45And the goalkeeper gets enough on that to make sure it got beyond the lurking Llorente.
03:55Anthony's shot comfortably dealt with by LaFont.
04:09Von Aalz will take the free kick.
04:11And that was well dealt with by goalkeeper LaFont.
04:14Snapshot from Anthony.
04:18Anderson.
04:21The opposite just drops into a midfield roll.
04:29Zvidecki immediately into the action and a chance.
04:33Stays down under the challenge of Llorente.
04:36Right here for Real Betis.
04:38It's their contact.
04:40From the covering defender, Llorente.
04:43There's certainly a coming together of boots.
04:46Llorente and Zvidecki.
04:48And the referee has been asked to have another look at it.
04:56Contact doesn't always mean penalties.
05:00But it's a nervy wait for Diego Llorente and Real Betis here.
05:05How much force was in the contact on Zvidecki.
05:12Ball's long since gone.
05:14We saw in the initial replays that he didn't get anything on the ball.
05:19And it seems to be there is the contact.
05:25And it comes down with a good deal of force having seen it on that occasion.
05:30I think this is going to be a penalty.
05:33Here's the referee's decision.
05:40It didn't take long at the review area.
05:45Simon Martiniak.
05:47He's telling Aitor Rui Bal what he's seen.
05:51This has got to be a penalty.
05:57Ten-man Panathinaikos.
06:01With a great opportunity.
06:04To score the first goal in the tie.
06:14Llorente, the man who made the challenge, still complains.
06:19And a second yellow card for the challenge.
06:21And he's off.
06:23So he is out of next week's second leg.
06:30Red card apiece.
06:35And Vicente Tavorda.
06:39Shoulders the responsibility of taking the penalty.
06:43Amidst.
06:46Massive noise in Athens.
06:53Can he hold his nerve?
06:58Looks relaxed inside.
07:02Less so, one suspects.
07:04This is an important penalty.
07:07As we are about to tick into the 88th minute.
07:10Paul Lopez picking up a yellow card for descent.
07:17So the Argentine.
07:19Top order.
07:23Scores.
07:24Convincingly.
07:30No Greek side have ever been in the quarter-final of the Europa League.
07:35But it looks like they might have a lead to take to Spain next week.
07:42De Osser.
07:44Firpo.
07:48Hernandez.
07:50Smart turn.
07:51No power on the shot.
07:52And that will probably be their last opportunity.
08:01Brings the first leg to a conclusion.
08:04Job half done for Panathinaikos.
08:07It's a slender lead to take to Seville next Thursday.
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