120 minutes of excessive stress to lastly crown a Greek membership for the very first time. Falling to Fiorentina on the finish of additional time, Olympiakos wins the Convention League and writes the historical past of its nation (1-0).
However it was arduous. As a result of for a very long time, the Greeks appeared somewhat inferior to the Italians, extra biting however incapable of unlocking a well-locked assembly.
Christian Kouamé, the ex-Anderlecht participant, particularly, got here near the opening purpose on a number of events, with out managing to understand the transalpine domination.
Ultimately, when the tempo had drastically dropped a number of notches and we have been heading in the direction of penalties, it was the inevitable Moroccan scorer Ayoub El Kaabi who appeared on the close to publish within the 117th minute, on a cross from Santiago Hezze, to attain his… eleventh purpose of the competitors.
Mr. Convention League, then it’s him. After his 5 objectives (!) within the semi-final in opposition to Aston Villa, El Kaabi strikes once more… at the perfect time. To jot down a second in historical past, and, above all, to supply a historic trophy to his group, which due to this fact succeeds AS Roma and West Ham on the checklist of winners.
