2024-05-30 07:00:44
Fiorentina’s footballers, with Czech consultant Antonín Barák as substitute, misplaced 0:1 within the closing of the European Convention League after further time to Olympiakos Piraeus, who turned the primary Greek workforce to win a serious European trophy. The duel in Athens was determined within the 116th minute by the very best scorer of the competitors, Ayúb Kaabí.
Barák got here on the pitch within the 82nd minute when he changed Giacomo Bonaventura. The workforce from Florence didn’t succeed within the closing even on the second try, dropping 1:2 to West Ham in Prague’s Eden final yr.
On the AEK Stadium in Athens, Olympiakos took benefit of the just about house surroundings and turned their very first participation within the European Cup closing right into a trophy win. Coach José Luis Mendilibar scored one other nice success in a single yr, main Sevilla to triumph within the Europa League final yr.
Fiorentina misplaced for the fifth time within the sixth closing in UEFA competitions, succeeding solely in 1961 within the Cup Winners’ Cup. The quarter-final defeaters of Viktoria Plzeň have been ready for the trophy since 2000/01, by which they dominated the Italian Cup.
Barák didn’t comply with up with teammates from the nationwide workforce Tomáš Souček and Vladimír Coufal from West Ham, who stay the one Czech winners of the Convention League.
The match in Athens began at an ideal tempo and already within the fourth minute Fiorentina goalkeeper Terracciano needed to pull off an ideal save in opposition to Podence’s assault. Moments later, Biraghi’s cross ended within the web on the opposite facet, however Milenkovič joined the motion from an offside place and the referee disallowed the objective.
The eighth workforce of the Italian league outshot the opponent 9:2 within the opening act, however didn’t create too many scoring possibilities. Solely within the twenty first minute, Mandragora labored the ball within the field and hit the goalkeeper Tzolakis from a great place. Instantly after the nook kick, Podence threatened from shut vary together with his head, Terracciano was prepared once more.
The tempo progressively decreased and even after the change of sides, the sport unfolded primarily within the midfield. It wasn’t till the 69th minute that Tzolakis scored a tougher save after Kouamé’s bouncing shot.
Within the 82nd minute, Barák acquired on the pitch, and thus acquired extra time than a yr in the past in opposition to West Ham, in opposition to whom he got here off the bench solely within the set-up. However even he didn’t change the goalless state and the ultimate of the Convention League reached further time for the primary time.
In it, the sport opened up in spite of everything, and on the very starting Terracciano, similar to at the start of the sport, saved the “Violets” with an interception in opposition to Jovetič’s positioned shot.
Within the 116th minute, nonetheless, the Italian goalkeeper already conceded. Hezze despatched a cross into the field from the left facet, which Kaabí headed into the online. The eleventh objective of the Moroccan striker within the competitors was examined by the video referee for a very long time on account of doable offside and foul, however he didn’t detect a violation of the foundations.
The 30-year-old Kaabí scored 5 targets within the semi-final double-header with Aston Villa and as we speak made Olympiakos a historic success lower than a yr earlier than the centenary celebrations of the membership’s founding. The third workforce within the desk of the Greek league secured participation within the group of the Europa League for the following season by triumphing within the Convention League.
European Convention League Soccer Last in Athens:
Olympiakos Piraeus – ACF Fiorentina 1:0 po prodl.
Purpose: 116. Kaabi. Referees: Dias – Soares, Ribeiro – Martins (video, all Portuguese). ŽK: Podence, Jovetič, Kaabí, Paschalakis (off the pitch) – Martínez Quarta, Kouamé, Biraghi. Spectators: 32,500.
Olympiakos: Tzolakis – Rodinei, Retsos, Carmo, Ortega (91. Quini) – Iborra, Hezze – Podence (106. Masuras), Chiquinho (78. Horta), Fortunis (73. Jovetič) – Kaabi (120.+2 Arabi) . . . . Coach: Mendilibar.
Fiorentina: Terracciano – Dodo, Martínez Quarta, Milenkovič, Biraghi (106. Ranieri) – Mandragora, Arthur (74. Duncan) – González (106. Beltrán), Bonaventura (82. Barák), Kouamé (82. Ikoné) – Belotti ( 59. Nzola). Coach: Italiano.