Olympiakos beats Villa again to reach Conference League final

Olympiakos became on Thursday the second Greek club ever to reach a European final, as it defeated Aston Villa for the second time in as many games, this time with a 2-0 score in Piraeus, to set up an appointment with Fiorentina at the Europa Conference League final, to take place on May 29 in Athens.

The Reds have therefore beaten Aston Villa 6-2 on aggregate and have qualified to the first final in their 99-year history, with a major chance of winning Greece's first ever European club competition trophy given that the showpiece game will be hosted by AEK's stadium at Nea Filadelfia.

On Thursday Olympiakos won in easier-than-expected fashion, as the Premier League side did not pose the challenge one would have expected from a team that is close to a Champions League regular season ticket for next year.

The Reds went ahead early on with Ayoub El Kaabi, who late...