Aston Villa – Olympiakos 2-4. The Greeks, close to the final. Fiorentina

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02.05.2024, 23:59

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The 2023/2024 season of The UEFA Conference League has reached the semi-final stage.

The last four combatants are fighting to reach the final which will be contested on May 29, at the Agia Sophia Stadium in Athens.

• Aston Villa – Olympiakos and Fiorentina – Club Brugge are the two duels in the penultimate act of the competition.

Olympiakos struck in England! Fiorentina, the first chance to qualify in the duel with Brugge

Olympiakos beat Aston Villa 4-2 in the first leg of the Conference League semifinals.

El Kaabi scored a hat-trick for the Greeks in the 17th, 29th and 56th minutes. Hezze also scored for the visitors in the 67th minute.

Watkins and Diaby scored for Aston Villa, in the 45+1 and 52 minutes.

And in Italy it was a match with many goals. The duel between Fiorentina and Club Brugge ended with the victory of the hosts, score 3-2.

Fiorentina scored through Sottil, Belloti and Nzola, in the 5th, 37th and 90+1 minutes. Vanaken and Thiago scored for the Belgians in the 17th and 64th minutes.

It remains to be seen next week if any of the losers will be able to stage a comeback or if this season’s Conference League final will be between Olympiakos and Fiorentina.

Aston Villa – Olympiakos 2-4

END OF THE MATCH

Min 67: GOOOL Olympiakos! Hezze widens the gap for guests.

Min 56: GOOOL Olympiakos! El Kaabi completes his hat-trick from the penalty spot.

Min 52: GOOOL Aston Villa! Diaby equalizes the situation on the scoreboard.

Min 45+1! GOOOL Aston Villa! Watkins cuts the difference!

Min 29: GOOOL Olympiakos! El Kaabi pulls off the double!

Min 17: GOOOL Olympiakos! El Kaabi opened the scoring.

Min 1: Let the match begin!

Starting teams:

Aston Villa: Olsen – Cash, Konsa, Lenglet, Digne; Rogers, McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Diaby; Watkins, Bailey

Olympiakos: Tzolakis – Ortega, Carmo, Retsos, Rodinei; Chiquinho, Iborra, Hezze; Fortounis, El Kaabi, Podence

Aston Villa – Olympiakos meet today, from 22:00, in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Conference League.

In the quarterfinals, the Premier League group barely got past Lille. Unai Emery’s team won the duel against the French on penalty kicks, score 4-3.

On the other side, Olympiakos also beat Fenerbahce also on kicks from 11 meters, score 3-2.

Likely teams:

• ASTON VILLA (4-3-2-1): Olsen; Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Digne; McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Tielemans; Rogers, Bailey; Watkins
• OLYMPIAKOS (4-3-3): Tzolakis; Rodinei, Retsos, Carmo, Ortega; Chiquinho, Hezze, Horta; Podence, El Kaabi, Fortounis

Fiorentina – Club Brugge 3-2

END OF THE MATCH

Min 90+1: GOOOL Fiorentina! Nzola scores for the Italian group.

Min 64: GOOOL Club Brugge! Thiago equalizes on the scoreboard.

Min 37: GOOOL Fiorentina! Belloti scores for the hosts.

Min 17: GOOOL Club Brugge! Vanaken scores from a shot from 11 meters.

Min 5: GOAL Fiorentina! Sottil opens the scoring from Gonzalez’s assist.

Min 1: Let the match begin!

Starting teams:

Fiorentina: Terracciano – Dodo, Quarta, Ranieri, Biraghi – Beltran, Arthur Melo, Bonaventura – Gonzalez, Belotti, Sottil

Club Brugge: Jackers – Sabbe, Spileers, Mechele, Meijer – Skoras, Odoi, Onyedika, Jutgla, Vanaken – Thiago

The second semi-final is Fiorentina – Club Brugge. The game will also be played from 22:00 and will be available in LIVE TEXT format on digisport.ro.

In the “quarters”, Fiorentina managed to beat Viktoria Plzen. After 0-0 in the Czech Republic, the formation from the Peninsula prevailed, score 2-0, against “Artemio Franchi”.

On the other side, Club Brugge got past PAOK. Răzvan Lucescu’s formation was defeated in both legs by the Belgian team, 0-1 in the round and 0-2 in the return leg.

Likely teams:

FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Dodo, Milenkovic, Martinez Quarta, Biraghi; Bonaventure, Mandrake; Nico Gonzalez, Beltran, Sottil; Bellotti

CLUB BRUGES (4-3-3): Mignolet; Sabbe, Ordonez, Mechele, Meijer; Onyedika, Vetlesen, Vanaken; Skoras, Igor Thiago, Jutgla

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