El-Kaabi's goal in overtime brought the Greeks a historic triumph.
In the final match of the Conference League, Olympiakos will play against Fiorentini. The team of Jose Luis Mendilibar, through a series of special matches, reached the greatest match they had ever played in Greece. Without being surprised at the time of the match, the favorites of the team were the “violets” at the warehouse of some of the starting hvilins of Viyshov Kolishnaya Zahisnik Shakhtar Dodo and the Barcelona expatriate Artutr.
From the first Khvylin, the teams set a fairly high pace of play. Fiorentina grabbed the ball, but the first chance was created by the Greeks - Podence moved to the center and shot low into the far corner, and Terracciano pulled into the line and turned his team. Vincenzo Italiano's team did not bother to attack the opponent's defense, and Olympiakos seized their chance in a counterattack.
In the middle of the half, the head girl was Giacomo Bonaventura. At first, the poor player picked up the ball in someone else's penalty area and aimed at the far corner - the strike was weak and Tsolakis hit. Already behind the Khvylina, Bonaventura, having cut the pass from the depths and breaking through under a small corner - Tsolakis Viyshov made a goal, stopping the shelling and turning his team.
Olympiakos lost quickly, but without scoring - Podence hung from the back of the net to the near post, none of the Fiorentini players did not play with the ball and Teracciano nervously took the ball to his hands for a little while. At the end of the half, the Greeks had a good chance of going on the defensive and staving off the enemy’s onslaught. However, before the interruption the work had changed and there were no serious substitutes for anyone.
At the start of the second half, the Znov teams demonstrated a high tempo and were not willing to compromise on the clap of the field. The result of which was the completely unacceptable murder of Belotti and Retsos. Both Gravians were given medical assistance and from both sides it looked very dangerous for the health of their participants. However, everything worked out. Andrea, however, all one was replaced with 58 hvilini. The Italians wanted to refresh the attack with the exit of Nzola.
In the middle of the first half, Fiorentina could have opened the door. . Todi Tsolakis passed the ball to Kutovyi. It seemed that the “violets” would reach the opponent at any moment, but otherwise they might miss - Orta hung a free kick, and Iborra headed it into the far corner, and then lost a few chances.
The referee compensated for this penalty before the main hour, but told the teams to decide to score. At the start of the first overtime, Kini crossed from the left flank, landing the ball in the hand of Martinez Quartey, but the referee did not recognize the penalty. This year, there was a careless shot from Jovetic from between the penalty areas - then Terracciano pulled himself into line and screwed up his team.
The teams were in no hurry to take risks, so the number of unsafe shots and chances was extremely low. In another extra time, there was an episode when Tsolakis hit Ikone’s blow in the butt. The ball flew weakly, which helped the goalkeeper. It seemed that a series of penalties was coming at us, but El-Kaabi crossed the ball at the goal after Esse's cross from the left flank. 1:0.
The referees looked at the replay for a long time to see if it was offside, but they still ruled out a goal.. The final whistle recorded the minimal victory of Olympiakos. For the Greeks, the first victory in the European Cup tournament, while Fiorentina suddenly lost the Conference League final.
Olympiacos - Fiorentina 1:0 Goal: El-Kaabi, 116 Olympiacos: Tsolakis - Rodinei, Retsos, Karmo, Ortega (Kini, 91) - Esse, Iborra - Podence (Masouras, 106), Chiquinho (Orta, 77), Fortunis (.