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Tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets across Greece to celebrate Olympiacos' Conference League title on Wednesday evening. Playing on home soil in Greece, Olympiacos defeated Italian team Fiorentina 1-0 after extra-time. Fans in their home town of Piraeus lighted up flares and fireworks of all kinds, turning the night into day, Greek media reported. "We haven't seen so many people celebrating in 20 years," said an older man said. He recalled a similar enthusiasm after Greece unexpectedly won the Euro 2004 under then German coach Otto Rehhagel. "Madness everywhere," was the headli...
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Ayoub El Kaabi scored in extra-time to secure Olympiacos a dramatic 1-0 win against Fiorentina and the Conference League title on home soil on Wednesday. The late breakthrough came in the 116th minute as he steered a low header inside the near post. There was a lengthy video review to double-check the goal, but once it was confirmed, history was made for Greek football at the AEK Arena in Athens. "I didn't know if it was for a foul or offside but once he said offside I knew it was a goal," forward Stevan Jovetic told TNT Sports of the long wait. Olympiacos are originally from Piraeus, a port c...
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Ayoub El Kaabi scored in extra-time to secure Olympiacos a dramatic 1-0 win against Fiorentina and the Conference League title on home soil on Wednesday. The late breakthrough came in the 116th minute as he steered a low header inside the near post. There was a lengthy video review to double-check the goal, but once it was confirmed, history was made for Greek football at the AEK Arena in Athens. Olympiacos gave Greece a first-ever European title after becoming only the second Greek club to reach a European final, 53 years after Panathinaikos lost the Champions Cup decider in 1971 against Joha...
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Fiorentina aim to make up for last year's defeat in the Conference League final in Athens on Wednesday while opponents Olympiacos want to give Greece a first-ever European title. The Florence club have said they would dedicate the title in Europe's third tier event to their late manager Joe Barone who died in March after suffering cardiac arrest. The match will take place amid tightest security, with the team from Athens' port of Piraeus playing in the home stadium of rivals AEK Athens, and violence an ongoing problem in Greek football. Fiorentina lost the 2023 final against West Ham United an...
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Martin Endemann from the Football Supporters Europe (FSE) group sees no security concerns around the upcoming three continental finals while also saying that fans from participating teams should be given more tickets. Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen face Italy's Atalanta in Wednesday's Europa League final in Dublin, the Conference League final is May 29 in Athens between Olympiacos from neighbouring Piraeus and Italy's Fiorentina, and the Champions League final on June 1 at Wembley between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund. Endemann told dpa that trouble can never be fully ruled out but ...
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Olympiacos will play the Conference League final on home soil against Fiorentina after a 2-0 win against Aston Villa on Thursday. With a 6-2 aggregate win, they will aim to deliver Greece's first triumph on the continent at senior club level when they welcome Fiorentina in Athens on May 29. Ayoub El Kaabi struck in the 10th minute and again in the 81st to send Olympiacos to their first European final. Fiorentina, meanwhile, reached a second successive Conference League final with a 1-1 draw (4-3 aggregate win) with Club Brugge on Wednesday. Villa were eyeing a first European final since 1982. ...
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Fiorentina scored a late penalty to secure a 1-1 draw at Club Brugge on Wednesday and reach the Conference League final for a second consecutive time thanks to a 4-3 win on aggregate. "It's a great journey, I'm very happy. It's great and I'm happy, and we're going to the final again," coach Vincenzo Italiano said. The Italians entered the second leg game with a 3-2 advantage from the first match, but that turned to dust after Maxim de Cuyper broke the deadlock for Brugge in the 20th minute and levelled the tie. Fiorentina could have equalized in the 35th, but Christian Kouamé hit crossbar. The...
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Olympiacos striker Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick in a 4-2 win at Aston Villa in their Conference League semi-final first leg as Fiorentina left it late to beat 10-man Club Brugge 3-2 on Thursday. The Greeks went ahead thanks to a cool finish from Moroccan striker El Kaabi on 16 minutes and he made it 2-0 on half an hour as Villa's defence fell apart. The Birmingham-based outfit levelled through top scorer Ollie Watkins on the stroke of half-time after a neat move and managed to equalize after the break when Moussa Diaby scored from a tight angle. But having got themselves back in it, Villa...
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Olympiacos striker Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick in a 4-2 win at Aston Villa in their Conference League semi-final first leg as Fiorentina left it late to beat 10-man Club Brugge 3-2 on Thursday. The Greeks went ahead thanks to a cool finish from Moroccan striker El Kaabi on 16 minutes and he made it 2-0 on half an hour as Villa's defence fell apart. The Birmingham-based outfit levelled through top scorer Ollie Watkins on the stroke of half-time after a neat move and managed to equalize after the break when Moussa Diaby scored from a tight angle. But having got themselves back in it, Villa...
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Fiorentina needed extra-time on Thursday to overcome Victoria Plzen 2-0 and reach the Conference League semi-finals, while Aston Villa also advanced after defeating Lille 4-3 on penalties. Lille were ahead in the 15th minute after Yusuf Yazıcı met a cross by Gabriel Gudmundsson with a first-time finish into the bottom corner and Benjamin André increased their lead in th 68th. But Villa, who had the 2-1 advantage from the first leg, pulled one back in the 87th to force extra-time and eventually penalties. Lille went behind already in their first attempt, which was saved by Emiliano Martinez, bu...
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