Ayoub El Kaabi scored a hat-trick as Olympiakos stunned Aston Villa 4-2 on Thursday to close in on the final of the Europa Conference League on home soil in Athens later this month.El Kaabi coolly sent Olsen the wrong way from the spot to complete his hat-trick.
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Aston Villa have waited over four decades for a European semi-final and will have to do it the hard way if they are to end the season with a trophy.
Ange Postecoglou has been insistent that Champions League football is “not a Willy Wonka golden ticket” for Tottenham Hotspur, and that growth as a team is more important than finishing in the top four. His problem is that, on this trajectory, Spurs are heading for neither.