Genk needed to secure a victory against the Greek team after losing the initial leg 1-0 to have any chance of progressing to the next stage of the competition.
The Belgian squad got off to an ideal start when they were granted a penalty following a foul on Paintsil inside the box.
The Ghanaian winger stepped up to take the penalty but missed his first attempt. However, the referee ordered a retake after VAR detected that the Olympiacos goalkeeper had moved off his line before the ball was kicked.
On his second try, Paintsil deceived the goalkeeper and scored, giving Genk the lead. However, he soon turned from hero to villain when he received a red card in the 65th minute.
After a series of pulling and tugging with Olympiacos' left-back Quini, Paintsil kicked out, leading to a brawl.
Once the situation was under control, the referee gave Quini a yellow card but sent off Paintsil for his reaction.
Playing with one player down for the last 25 minutes, Genk conceded the equalizer in stoppage time, resulting in a 2-1 aggregate loss against their Greek opponents.
Paintsil and Genk will now move down to the Europa Conference League.
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