An unfortunate own goal from Konstantinos Tzolakis and a Kasper Hogh’s brace secured a 3-0 win for Bodo/Glimt Greek champions Olympiacos.
Tzolakis ironically gave the home side the lead in the 13th minute as put the ball his own net from a deflection.
The first half saw both sides with chances toward goal in a keenly contested affair at the Aspmyra Stadion.
Ukrainian striker Roman Yaremchuck came close to equalising for Olympiacos on two occasions before halftime.
However, Bodo/Glimt goalie Nikita Haikin stood solid in between the sticks as he thwarted his attempts.
Bodo Glimt scored again just before halftime depsite the visitors attempts on goal.
Kasper Hogh received a beautiful pass from Ole Blomberg in the box and powered a low drive into the bottom corner double the lead.
Konstantinos Tzolakis had quite a busy night in goal as he pulled off a fantastic save to stop Ulrik Saltness goal-bound strike.
Super Eagles defender Bruno Onyemechi came on with less than 10 minutes to the end of regular time to mark his first Europa League appears for Olympiacos.
Whike Olympiacos tried to get back into the match Kasper Hogh struck again with a nice finish in the bix to increase the lead.
The first-evsr meeting with the Greek side ended in a comfortable 3-0 win for the Norwegian champions as they take a big lead into the second leg.
