He Olympiakos Greek teamdirected by the Spanish coach José Luis Mendilibar, won a historic Conference League for them, by defeating Fiorentina 1-0 in extra time, this Wednesday in Athens.
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The club from Piraeus won the first European international title of its history thanks to a goal from Moroccan striker Ayoub El-Kaabi at 116 minutes.
The Fiore lost for the second consecutive year in the final of the third European competitionafter staying at title doors last year contra West Ham English.
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Before the success of Olympiakos, Panathinaikos was the only club in Greece to have reached a European finalwhen lost to Johan Cruyff’s Ajax Amsterdam in the European Cup of 1971.
He This Wednesday’s match seemed to be heading towards penalties until the 116th minute, when El-Kaabi went ahead of his marker to hunt down a center from the Argentine Santiago Hezze to the area and score his sixteenth goal in European competition this season.
The fans of Piraeus, a town on the outskirts of Athens, with a majority presence in the stadium of the Hellenic capital, They had to wait a few minutes to definitively call the goal while the play was reviewed by the VAR due to possible offside.
For the Basque coach Mendilibar, 63, this is the second consecutive European titleafter lifting last year the Europa League in the final won by Sevilla to the Roma in prisons.
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2024-05-30 21:44:28