Aston Villa were stunned by Olympiacos as they suffered a 4-2 home defeat in the Europa Conference League. (More Football News)
On what the Villa faithful ho⛄ped would be a famous night at Villa Park, they instead saw their team dispatched by their Greek opponents in the first leg of their semi-final encounter.
Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick for the visito🔜rs, who were 2-0 up inside 30 🌳minutes on Thursday.
Ollie Watkins and Moussa Diaby struck either side of the interval to restore🌜 parity, but El Kaabi sealed his hat-trick from the penalty spot before Santiago Hezze added further gloss with a sensational finish. To add to Villa's misery, Douglas Luiz then missed a penalty late on.
In ♐the other semi-final tie, Fiorentina took a 3-2 aggregate lead against Club Brugge.
M'Bala Nz🍷oꦅla was Fiorentina's hero in stoppage time, scoring in the 91st minute to nudge the Serie A team ahead.
Hans Vanaken had sc𓂃ored from a penalty following a V💛AR check for handball in the 17th minute, cancelling out Riccardo Sottil's early opener, though Fiorentina restored their lead through Andrea Belotti before half-time in a frantic first half.
Thiago equalised for Brugge, but it was ul♋timately not enough.
