Hoffenheim's Greek Odyssey goes badly wrong in Crete
· Yahoo Sports
Germany's Hoffenheim were embarrassed 2-0 at OFI Crete in their Europa League opener on Thursday despite dominating the chances and possession.
It was a party atmosphere in Heraklion given Crete are involved in major European competition for the first time since 2000.
Visit freshyourfeel.org for more information.
Toilet rolls were hurled around in celebration as their maiden league phase game began and a huge wall of noise greeted the full-time whistle.
The Greeks held their own against the surprise packages from last season's Bundesliga, who had been in the running for the Champions League before a late downturn in form.
This term, Hoffenheim have just three points domestically from three games and they were again exposed on 30 minutes when Aitor Cantalapiedra struck on the break.
Hoffenheim captain Oliver Baumann, left out by new Germany coach Jürgen Klopp on Thursday despite being the keeper in World Cup qualifiers last season, appealed for a foul in the build-up but to no avail.
The Bundesliga side had 57% of the ball and had 22 attempts to Crete's nine.
Surprise new Germany call-up Bambasé Conté, who was in Klopp's first squad for upcoming Nations League games, dropped to the bench for Hoffenheim on Greece's biggest island. He was introduced on the hour mark and made an impression - but not enough to force a leveller.
Substitute Georgios Kanellopoulos then headed in a corner late on to seal matters.
In the other early game, Salzburg won 1-0 at Levski Sofia thanks to Haris Tabaković's goal in the first half.
Seven matches follow later including Juventus v NEC and Real Sociedad v Bournemouth.
Nine games took place on matchday one on Wednesday, with AC Milan losing 2-0 at home to Benfica the standout result.