Overcoming Fiorentina (Italy) in the Europa Conference League final after 120 minutes with a score of 1 – 0, Olympiakos has created many records.
The author of the only goal of the match, striker Ayoub El-Kaabi, became a “hero” when he helped Olympiakos become the first Greek team to win the European Cup. Previously, Panathinaikos was the only Greek club to reach the European final when they lost to Ajax in the European Cup (now Champions League) match in 1971.
El-Kaabi is also the African player who scores the most goals in the European Cup in a season with 14 goals, including 11 goals in the Europa Conference League and 3 goals in the Europa League. .
The Moroccan striker with 11 goals in this year’s tournament also officially surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Radamel Falcao, who both had 10 goals, to become the author of the most goals in the knock-out round. out European Cup.
This is also the first European Cup final to require extra time since the 2014 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
Coach Jose Luis Mendilibar – who just arrived at Olympiakos 3 months ago – has won his second consecutive European Cup within 2 years, after leading Sevilla to their highest victory in the Europa League last season.
After 20 years, Greek football is again mentioned in the European arena, since this country’s team unexpectedly won the championship at EURO 2004.
For Fiorentina, this is a defeat in the Conference League final for the second year in a row (last season lost 1 – 2 to West Ham, England).