Olympiakos and Fiorentina won the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League this Thursday evening. Aston Villa made the bad move of the evening by losing at home to the Greeks.
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M’Bala Nzola gave Fiorentina victory at the very end of the match. | PHOTO: JENNIFER LORENZINI / REUTERS
Olympiakos took an option on qualifying for the final of the Europa Conference League by beating Aston Villa at Villa Park (2-4) this Thursday evening in the semi-final first leg. THE VillansLille’s scorers in the previous round, had nevertheless managed to equalize after half-time (2-2, 52′), but that was not enough against Ayoub El Kaabi’s hat-trick.
In the other semi-final, Fiorentina won at home against Club Bruges, thanks to M’Bala Nzola’s goal in stoppage time (3-2, 90’+1), while he had just come into play a few moments earlier. The Belgians will have a one-goal deficit to make up for in the return match to hope to qualify for the final.
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The return matches will be played next Thursday, before the final of the Europa Conference League in Athens scheduled for May 29.
