Mendilibar surprises Emery (2-4) and Bayer brings the Europa League final closer
He Olympiacos by José Luis Mendilibar, with a hat trick included by Ayoub El Kaabi, surprised and thrashed Aston Villa in the first leg of the Conference League semifinals and forces the English to make a comeback in Athens to be in the final (2-4).
The Greeks, in their debut in the European semi-finals, showed a extreme efficiency facing the doorplus a little bit of luck in all the gray decisions of the night.
In the duel of the Basque techniciansJose Luis Mendilibar he beat (2-4) Unai Emery at the home of an Aston Villa who suffered a 0-2 with a doublet of The Kaabi at half an hour.
The English team had seen Bailey’s goal disallowed, but seemed to react before the break with the 1-2 of Watkins. Diaby tied after the restart but The Kaabifrom a penalty, and Hezze gave a good rent to the Greeks. Douglas Luiz, for his part, missed a penalty in the 84th minute.
On the other hand, in search of the final of the AEK Arena in Athens on May 29, the Fiorentina He went ahead three times Witches who played with 10 half hour; the last, the definitive 3-2 in the 91st minute, to take the lead before traveling to Belgium next week.
Meanwhile, the Bayer Leverkusen of Xabi Alonso beat (0-2) the Rome this Thursday in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals, with a 1-1 between Marseilles and Atalanta in the other round.
The Bundesliga champion was not intimidated by the flares and the great atmosphere at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Xabi Alonso’s men, undefeated this season after 47 games, conquered the Eternal City with the goals of Wirtz and Andrichone in each part.
Thus, the German team has one foot in the final of the May 22 at the Dublin Arena. On the other hand, Olympique de Marseille and Atalanta will still have a tight fight next week in Bergamo, after the 1-1 on French soil, where the locals reacted quickly to Scamacca’s visiting goal with Mbemba’s equalizer.
Source: Eitb
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