Emery’s men crash out of Europa Conference League after Greek humbling.
2023/2024 UEFA Europa Conference League
2-0
Match Report
ASTON VILLA’S European hopes are over after they suffered defeat at Olympiacos.
Unai Emery’s side knew they needed to pull off a miracle to overturn a 4-2 deficit from last week’s first-leg defeat at home.
But they were blown away by Olympiacos, who are now preparing to face Fiorentina in the final.
Moroccan Ayoub El Kaabi scored either side of half time to secure a 6-2 aggregate victory.
And that was enough to seal them a place in their first-ever European final.
While for Emery and Villa, they must now get over this crushing defeat and concentrate on securing a top four finish to qualify for the Champions League.
Line-ups
Olympiakos XI: Iborra, Fortounis, Rodinei, Quini, Podence, Chiquinho, Retsos, A. El Kaabi, David Carmo, Tzolakis, Santiago Hezze
Subs: Jovetic, Alexandros Paschalakis, El-Arabi, João Carvalho, Masouras, André Horta, Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Athanasios Papadoudis, Andreas Ndoj, Apostolos Apostolopoulos, Vasilios Prekates
Aston Villa XI: E. Martinez, Digne, McGinn, Carlos, Ollie Watkins, Bailey, P. Torres, Ngoyo, Matty Cash, Douglas Luiz, Diaby
Subs: R. Olsen, Lenglet, Joe Gauci, Jhon Durán, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Tim Iroegbunam, Travis Patterson, Kadan Young, Omari Kellyman, Finley Munroe