Ayoub El Kaabi would be the toast of Piraeus after his match-winning heroics secured Olympiakos’ first-ever European trophy following their Europa Convention League success on Wednesday.
The Olympiacos striker delivered the deadly blow in opposition to Fiorentina, bundling dwelling with 4 minutes remaining of additional time to grab a 1-0 victory on the AEK Area.
El Kaabi is the primary participant to attain 11 targets in a single knockout stage marketing campaign in main European competitors because the introduction of group phases.
Radamel Falcao, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema all solely ever managed 10 such targets in a single marketing campaign of UEFA competitions, and El Kaabi strikes subsequent to greatness in one other side, too.
The Moroccan ahead is the primary non-European participant to attain 14 targets in main European competitors in a single season, since Lionel Messi in 2011-12 (additionally 14).
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Olympiakos have their star striker to thank after turning into the first-ever Greek facet to raise a trophy in main European competitors, whereas Fiorentina will likely be wounded by one other failure on this match.
Having misplaced to West Ham in final season’s Convention League closing, Fiorentina have now misplaced 5 of their final six finals in Europe, their solely success coming in opposition to Rangers within the 1961 Cup Winners’ Cup.
Defeat additionally ended La Viola’s longest unbeaten run in Europe of their historical past, halting a 13-match undefeated streak in abrupt style.
