Olympiakos was again on the right track after their historic win in this particular competition.
Olympiakos achieved the great feat of becoming the first Greek club that tastes the success of a European club competition and that after prevailing in the European yesterday eliminating after hard fighting the Italian Fiorentina 1-0 after the extra time and in the final match of the Europa Conference League that took place in Athens. The match was won 3-1 with the decisive moment of the match scored by Ayoub El Kaabi, thus claiming the first major European trophy for Olympiakos.
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The match was a tough contested match as both teams played with a lot of intensity and physicality and neither side was believed to score within the 90 minutes of the match. Many attempts and some really thrilling moments were directed at the final and decisive goal, however, both Olympiakos and Fiorentina failed to capitalize on them and so the match proceeded to extra time.
The match went to ever intense moment until the 116th minute in which Ayoub El Kaabi scored the all-important goal. Fiorentina…I was able to get at the right place to meet a cross from Santiago Hezze, and he powerfully beat the defense to the ball. More controversy arose as the goal was reviewed by VAR due to offside that was given after some pressure by the Atlanta players, but the goal was eventually given and it caused joyous celebration of Olympiakos players and fans.
The second final had the same result as the first one for Fiorentina, which is a two-time loser in the Europa Conference League final. The Italian side had not lost a single game while through the tournament rounds and thus added a stronger sting to the defeat. It was earlier the first half of the match that Fiorentina thought they had gone up when the defender of the team, Nikola Milenkovic scored, only to be dubbed as offside.
Olympiakos’s head coach Jose Luis Mendilibar could only share the joy and pride felt over the achievements made by the team. “I am glad that we won we did something that the club didn’t manage to do before,” stated Mendilibar after the game ended and went on to discuss the future plans: “Now we will celebrate, we will cheer and after that – work for the next match. ”
Capitalizing on the momentum, Olympiakos won the Greek basketball championship, ending a 15-year drought and securing its place in the elite echelon of clubs in European basketball.
A super Many congratulations to Olympiakos one of the teams that had faced a lot of challenges this season starting from changes in head coaches. WIN CULTURE The win proves that the club deserves the win, and it also has great implication in the history of Greek football. Piraeus being the port city of Athens, the celebrations would be outstand ing and are likely to replicate the scale of the so cial victory.
Olympiakos now stands in the pantheon of Europe’s football legends; this kind of fight and desire to win must be praised. The result is, the team takes time to celebrate this success while at the same time planning for even bigger and better victories in upcoming carnivals.
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