Панатинаикос против ФК Борац Бања Лука

Panathinaikos beat Borac Banja Luka 2-1 in Athens in the Conference League, and the game was shaped by two penalties in the first ten minutes. Cyriel Dessers was fouled by Sebastián Herrera in the third minute and VAR confirmed the spot-kick. Vicente Taborda took it in the sixth minute and Mladen Jurkas saved it. Then Bart Meijers fouled Dessers in the seventh minute, a second penalty was given, and Dessers put the retake away in the 10th minute. Borac picked up three yellow cards in the first half, for Herrera, Meijers and Amer Hiros. Kings Kangwa made it 2-0 in the 70th minute, finishing from the centre of the box after a cross from Santino Andino. Milos Jojic pulled one back in the 80th minute with a shot from outside the area, set up by Luka Juricic, but Borac found no equaliser. It is three points for Panathinaikos on matchday one of the league phase. Borac start with a defeat, their only previous meeting with the Greek side having been a 1-1 draw in Banja Luka in October 2024.