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Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis in the crowd at Villa Park watching his Olympiacos side... as they attempt to spoil Aston Villa's dream of reaching first European final in 42 years

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis watched on from the stands as Aston Villa took on his second team Olympiacos in the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League.

The Greek shipping and media tycoon owns both the Premier League side, Olympiacos and Portuguese side Rio Ave, and was spotted inside Villa Park, watching his side take a 2-0 advantage against Unai Emery's side.

Villa, who have enjoyed a sensational season moving to fourth in the Premier League standings, are on the cusp of reaching their first European final since they won the European Cup back in 1982.