Ayoub El Kaabi

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.

Olympiakos scored one of its most famous victories in its 99-year history, beating Aston Villa 4-2 in Birmingham to get to within one step from its first ever European final.

AEK is now the clear favorite to win a second title in a row, as it leads the Super League table by four points after beating crosstown rival Panathinaikos on Wednesday.

Olympiakos and PAOK, Greece's representatives in the Europa Conference League, have a mountain to climb if they are to qualify from their round-of-16 ties, following their defeats in Thursday's first-leg games.

PAOK finished first after the regular season of the Super League, and ahead of the playoffs it will have a point's advantage over AEK that conceded a late equalizer at Aris on Sunday.

Olympiakos reached the last 16 of the Conference League with ease on Thursday, defeating Ferencvaros in Hungary by the same score as the first leg (1-0).

The Reds had another clean sheet against their Hungarian opponent in the tournament's playoffs, this time in Budapest.

Olympiakos stunned PAOK at Toumba on Sunday, reducing its distance to the top and allowing AEK to lead the table, as Panathinaikos also dropped points.

On Jose Luis Mendilibar's league debut on their bench, the Reds downed PAOK 4-1 with a very efficient and composed game, probably their best so far in the season.

Olympiakos has taken the first step to reach the last 16 of the Europa Conference League as it beat Hungary's Ferencvaros 1-0 in Piraeus on Thursday.

This was also the debut of new Olympiakos manager Jose Luis Mendilibar, with the Spaniard starting his career at the Georgios Karaiskakis with victory.

PAOK and AEK canceled each other out at Sunday's Super League top-of-the-table clash at Toumba, a result that has allowed Panathinaikos and Olympiakos to edge closer to the top with their convincing wins.

ATHENS - Serbia's TSC lost to Greek side Olympiacos 5-2 away from home in the last round of the UEFA Europa League group stage on Thursday evening.

Ayoub El Kaabi (21 min), Daniel Podence (40, 42 min), Vejko Ilic (46 min OG) and Youssef El-Arabi (68 min) provided the goals for Olympiacos, while Ifet Djakovac (48 min) and Aleksandar Cvetkovic (61 min) scored for TSC.