Olympiacos will face Fiorentina in Athens Europa Conference League Final
Olympiacos will take on Serie A side Fiorentina in this year’s Europa Conference League Final set for Athens on Wednesday 29 May.
On Thursday night the Greek side booked their place in the final with a 2-0 second leg win to give them a 6-2 aggregate victory over Aston Villa. It will be their first ever European final.
Ayoub El Kaabi grabbed both goals in the game – to go with the hattrick he scored in the 4-0 first leg. He has 15 goals in 18 European games this season.
Olympiacos: Tzolakis; Rodinei, Retsos, David Carmo, Quini (Apostolopoulos, 77); Hezze, Iborra (André Horta, 73), Chiquinho; Podence (Masouras, 63), El Kaabi, Fortounis
Aston Villa: Martínez; Cash (Hayden, 86), Pau Torres, Konsa, Diego Carlos (Iroegbunam, 66), Digne (Munroe, 86); Diaby (Duran, 56), McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Bailey (Kellyman, 86); Watkins
Fiorentina return to the final having lost last year to West Ham United 2-1 in Prague. They have yet to lose a game in Europe this season.
On Wednesday, the Italian team scored a late penalty through Beltrán in the second leg of the semi-final against Club Brugge to earn a 1-1 draw and progress 4-3 on aggregate.
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