Olympiakos became the first Greek club to win a major European trophy last night after beating Fiorentina to win the Europa Conference League.

They were just the second to even reach a European final... and we asked earlier, who were the first?

We're about to give you the answer...

Saturday's game will be the eighth Champions League or European Cup final to be held at Wembley.

How many of the previous seven can you remember?

The Daily Star

And finally from today's papers, the Star also leads on Jude Bellingham hoping to "write his own Real Madrid history" as they take on his former club Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

Fellow Englishman and former Dortmund team-mate Jason Sancho rejoined the German side on loan from Manchester United this season and departing Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has "aimed a parting shot" at United boss Erik ten Hag over his treatment of the winger.

And like the Express below, today's Star also reports that Manchester United are considering swapping English forward Mason Greenwood with Joao Felix, who Atletico Madrid bought for £113m in 2019 but the Portugal forward has been loaned to Chelsea and Barcelona during the last two seasons.

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The Daily Express

Steven Gerrard's finest moment as a player was when he led Liverpool to a Champions League comeback in the 2005 final before beating AC Milan on penalties.

England's current midfield star Jude Bellingham aims to emulate Gerrard by winning the Champions League at Wembley this Saturday - and becoming a Real Madrid legend after a superb first season with the Spanish giants.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph has spoken with former Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard about why he took the job as manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq last year, and the 44-year-old insist it wasn;t all about the money.

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The Times

No news yet on whether Manchester United will be seeking a new manager this summer or Erik ten Hag will remain in charge, but the Times has more on the club's new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe bringing in a "culture shock", having offered redundancy to its staff and encouraged them to return to communal working rather than continuing to work from home.

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Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich

ICYMI, there was another big managerial appointment yesterday as Bayern Munich announced that Vincent Kompany has become their new head coach on a three-year deal.

The Belgian, 38, succeeds Thomas Tuchel and leaves Burnley for the Bundesliga side after the two clubs agreed a compensation fee, believed to be £10.2m.

Kompany won the Championship with Burnley in 2022-23, but the Clarets suffered relegation from the Premier League this season after finishing 19th.

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Emma Hayes is in her first full week as head coach of the United States women's national team and she has spoken to BBC Sport's Jo Currie about taking on what she calls "the biggest job in women's football".

Hayes has opted for a "new adventure" after winning a fifth successive Women's Super League title with Chelsea.

Chelsea

Women's Super League champions Chelsea have appointed Lyon boss Sonia Bompastor as their manager on a four-year deal.

Compensation has been agreed with the French club for the 43-year-old, who had a year remaining on her contract.

She succeeds Emma Hayes, who left at the end of the season to take charge of the United States women's national team.

Former France captain Bompastor - who took charge of Lyon in 2021 - led them to Women's Champions League success in 2022 and has won three successive league titles.

Her final game in charge was this season's Champions League final in Bilbao, which Barcelona won 2-0. Lyon’s assistant coaches Camille Abily and Theo Rivrin will join Bompastor at Chelsea.

The Guardian

Chelsea made a big appointment for their women's team yesterday as former Lyon boss Sonia Bompastor was named as Emma Hayes' successor.

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The Daily Mail

Today's Mail reports that Arsenal are set to make their boss Mikel Arteta one of the Premier League's highest-paid managers.

It adds that Enzo Maresca is on the verge of being confirmed as Chelsea's new head coach - and that the Italian will bring in eight coaches for his backroom staff.

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The Sun

There's more transfer gossip in today's Sun,, external which claims that new Liverpool manager Arne Slot is keen to make a bid for Aston Villa's England forward Ollie Watkins, 28, as a replacement for Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez, 24.

Its back page leads on football's top leagues and player unions preparing to tell Fifa they will not play in their expanded version of the Club World Cup.

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The Sun reported yesterday that Everton owner Farhad Moshiri could be forced into a fire sale of the club's best players, external or have to put the Toffees into administration. A share purchase agreement set out between Moshiri and 777 Partners eight months ago ends on Friday, when their takeover bid could be officially scrapped.

That means the likes of Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Jarrad Branthwaite could be available for way below their market value.

Sky Sports, external is the latest outlet to report that Manchester United are targeting 21-year-old England defender Branthwaite. That's the top story in today's gossip column.

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Daily Mirror

Before we bring you more reaction to Olympiakos' historic victory, it's time to have a look at some of today's newspapers.

We'll begin with the Mirror, which reports that Newcastle are confident of signing England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin from Everton for £25m this summer.

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Charlotte Coates
BBC Sport

Olympiakos thrashed Unai Emery's fancied Aston Villa side in the semi-finals but they still came into the Europa Conference League final as underdogs against a Fiorentina team looking to right the wrongs of last season.

As the game wore on, and chances became scarce, it looked like both sides would be happy to chance their luck in a penalty shootout.

But the Greek side committed men forward in a late attack and the 30-year-old Ayoub El Kaabi - whose career has taken him from Morocco to China, Turkey, Qatar and now Greece - was in the right place to write his name in Olympiakos folklore.

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• Some 99 years after the establishment of the club, Olympiakos become the first club from Greece to win a European final.
• They are also the first club to win a European final in their own country since Feyenoord defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup final in Rotterdam.

Several former and future Premier League players such as Robin van Persie, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Paul Bosvelt and Johan Elmander helped Dutch side Feyenoord to a 3-2 victory that night, not just in their own country but in their own stadium.

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BBC Sport

Olympiakos flew out of the blocks as they attempted to reward their ferocious support, who had travelled the short distance from Piraeus to the home of their rivals AEK in northern Athens.

Both sides traded blows in a first half that promised goalmouth action but resulted in few clear chances.

On-loan Wolves midfielder Daniel Podence forced Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano into a fine save down his left in the opening three minutes.

Giacomo Bonaventura should have given Fiorentina the lead but his tentative effort in the box safely dropped into Konstantinos Tzolakis’ arms.

The Italians put together the best move of the night in the second half as right-back Dodo surged forward and found Christian Kouame in space inside the box but his poor contact on the ball allowed Tzolakis to claw it clear.

Extra time was needed and it was Ayoub El Kaabi - who scored five goals in Olympiakos' 6-2 aggregate win over Aston Villa in the semi-finals - who rose to the occasion again.

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Fiorentina were playing in their sixth European final, with their only victory coming in the now-defunct European Cup Winners' Cup in 1961.

It was only the second time a Greek team had reached a European final, though. We'll give you some time to have a think about the first...

Let us know via the usual channels above... but no Googling please. Where's the fun in that?!

Charlotte Coates
BBC Sport

Ayoub El Kaabi struck four minutes from the end of extra time as Olympiakos beat Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final to become the first Greek side to win a European trophy.

The Morocco striker, hero of Olympiakos' run to the final, stooped low to head in Santiago Hezze's cross and spark pandemonium in the AEK Arena in Athens.

A lengthy video assistant referee check confirmed El Kaabi's 11th goal of the competition and their place in Greek footballing history.

It is a second year of dramatic heartbreak for Fiorentina after the Italian side were beaten by West Ham in last season's final thanks to Jarrod Bowen's late goal.

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This year's Europa Conference League final took place in Athens at AEK Arena so it was a short journey for Olympiakos as the home of their rivals AEK Athens is just 8.5 miles from their own stadium in the port city of Piraeus.

They were aiming to make history by becoming the first Greek side to win a major European trophy and faced a Fiorentina team looking to win just their second European trophy - and their first since 1961.

The Italians also hoped to go one better than last year, when they lost 2-1 to West Ham in Prague, in just the second final of the new Uefa competition.