Jose Luis Mendilibar

Olympiakos are 90 minutes away from making history, but they will approach the Europa Conference League final with Fiorentina in the same manner as their previous matches, manager Jose Luis Mendilibar has said.

Mendilibar's side can make history by becoming the first Greek club to win a European trophy, but this doesn't mean the manager will change his way of thinking.

With Greek club Olympiakos aiming for its first European trophy, there will be a massive security operation in Athens for Wednesday's Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina.

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.

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.