Aston Villa have reached the Europa League final after beating fellow Premier League side Nottingham Forest in the semifinal.
Villa boss Unai Emery has already won this competition four times as a manager, no manager in history has bettered that haul, and he’s got the chance to lead Villa to their first trophy since 1996.
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Vitor Pereira’s Forest beat Emery’s side in the first leg 1-0, but Villa roared back in the second leg and won 4-0 at home to reach the final in style.
SC Freiburg from Germany overturned a 2-1 deficit against Braga from their first leg as they won 3-1 at home to win 4-3 on aggregate and reach the final.
The journey will conclude May 20 in Turkiye as Villa face Freiburg to win UEFA Cup, and with it gain the prize of qualification to the UEFA Champions League for next season.
Full UEFA Europa League knockout phase fixtures
Europa League semifinal results
Thursday, April 30
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa
Braga 2-1 Freiburg
Thursday, May 7
Aston Villa 4-0 (4-1 on agg.) Nottingham Forest
Freiburg 3-1 (4-3 on agg.) Braga
Europa League Final —May 20 in Istanbul, Turkiye
Freiburg vs Aston Villa
Full UEFA Europa League knockout phase results
Europa League knockout phase playoff round
First legs — February 19
Ludogorets Razgrad 2-1 Ferencvaros
Panathinaikos 2-2 Viktoria Plzen
Dinamo Zagreb 1-3 Genk
PAOK 1-2 Celta Vigo
Celtic 1-4 Stuttgart
Fenerbahce 0-3 Nottingham Forest
SK Brann 0-1 Bologna
Lille 0-1 Red Star Belgrade
Second legs February 26
Ferencvaros 2-0 (3-2 agg) Ludogorets Razgrad
Viktoria Plzen 1-1 aet (3-3 agg, 3-4 pens) Panathinaikos
Genk 3-3 aet (6-4 agg) Dinamo Zagreb
Celta Vigo 1-0 (3-1 agg) PAOK
Stuttgart 0-1 (4-2 agg) Celtic
Nottingham Forest 1-2 (4-2 agg) Fenerbahce
Bologna 1-0 (2-0 agg) SK Brann
Red Star Belgrade 0-2 (1-2 agg) Lille
Europa League Round of 16 results
First legs will be March 12, and second legs March 19
Thursday, March 12
Ferencvaros 2-0 Braga
Panathinaikos 1-0 Real Betis
Genk 1-0 Freiburg
Celta Vigo 1-1 Lyon
Stuttgart 1-2 Porto
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Midtjylland
Bologna 1-1 AS Roma
Lille 0-1 Aston Villa
Thursday, March 19
Braga 4-0 (4-2 agg) Ferencvaros
Real Betis 4-0 (4-1 agg) Panathinaikos
Freiburg 5-1 (5-2 agg) Genk
Lyon 0-2 (1-3 agg) Celta Vigo
Porto 2-0 (4-1 agg) Stuttgart
Midtjylland 1-2 aet (2-2 agg, 0-3 pens) Nottingham Forest
AS Roma 3-4 aet (4-5 agg) Bologna
Aston Villa 2-0 (3-0 agg) Lille
Europa League quarterfinals
Thursday, April 9
Braga 1-1 Real Betis
Freiburg 3-0 Celta Vigo
Porto 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Bologna 1-3 Aston Villa
Thursday, April 16
Celta Vigo 1-3 (1-6 agg) Freiburg
Real Betis 2-5 (3-5 agg) Braga
Nottingham Forest 1-0 (2-1 agg) Porto
Aston Villa 4-0 (7-1agg) Bologna
