The victory of the primary European title within the historical past of Olympiacos, and due to this fact additionally of Greece, sparked nice celebrations in Athens, after the 1-0 victory over Fiorentina with a aim in additional time of the ultimate of the Convention Collection, on Wednesday. Followers spent the evening celebrating at a phenomenal purple and white get together within the metropolis.
Olympiacos coach José Luis Mendilibar secured his second European title in a row after profitable the Europa League with Sevilla final season. “It is an excellent honor to make all these individuals pleased, I really feel very pleased and really pleased to make individuals really feel this fashion and I give this to them,” he mentioned.
“We have achieved one thing that our membership has by no means achieved earlier than. Let’s have a good time it and have a good time it correctly. Then we’ll begin engaged on the subsequent factor.” 1000’s of Olympiacos followers took half in raucous celebrations throughout the Greek capital after attending out of doors events.
Younger individuals lit flares within the port metropolis of Piraeus, close to Athens, the place the crew is predicated. Milwaukee Bucks ahead Giannis Antetokounmpo, an Olympiacos fan, was amongst these celebrating on the stadium.
Ayoub El Kaabi put a dramatic end to the sport, diving to attain a last-gasp aim within the second half of additional time, as followers celebrated after an extended await a VAR examine for an offside.
“Reward be to God, we promised our supporters that we might do that and we did,” mentioned El Kaabi. The Moroccan striker scored 11 minutes into the second half of additional time and fell to his knees as he waited to see if the aim can be awarded.
El Kaabi completed because the match’s high scorer with 11 objectives in 9 qualifying matches, breaking the UEFA document he shared with Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Radamel Falcao. They every scored 10 occasions within the knockout phases in a single season.
The aim determined a sport destined for a penalty shootout after an brisk however risk-free encounter on the AEK Area, and Fiorentina and their coach Vincenzo Italiano condemned their second consecutive victory within the Convention League last after dropping final yr ham.