Freiburg vs Aston Villa LIVE
Aston Villa have been crowned Europa League champions after stunning goals from Youri Tielemans and Emiliano Buendia helped them to a 3-0 victory over Freiburg. It has been 44 years since the Villans last won a European title, and the Europa League specialist Unai Emery has delivered the club back to the continent’s summit, also earning them a place in next season’s Champions League.
A nervy first half produced few chances before Tielemans struck a clinical volley across goal to open the scoring shortly before half-time, and Buendia doubled the advantage with an impressive curling effort in injury time. Morgan Rogers tapped home a third early in the second half to put the result out of reach for the Bundesliga contingent, who struggled to break their opposition down throughout.
With Arsenal and Crystal Palace still to contest European finals in the coming weeks, Villa’s win means there is still a chance for Premier League sides to complete a clean sweep of UEFA silverware. Catch up with the action as it happened below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, complete with expert insight and analysis.
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FULL-TIME: Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa
ASTON VILLA WIN THE EUROPA LEAGUE!
Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa
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Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa
88mins: Two more changes for Villa. Pau and Tielemans are replaced by Mings and Douglas Luiz.
Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa
84mins: Martinez makes a really smart stop to deny a close-range Manzambi header, but the offside flag was up to strip any meaning from the moment. Impressive save regardless.
Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa
81mins: More Villa changes as Buendia and Digne are replaced by ex-Chelsea pair Sancho and Maatsen.
Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa
79mins: McGinn latches onto a loose ball in the area and hits it first-time, but the Freiburg keeper is denies him his goal.
Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa
75mins: Aston Villa put together a superb team move which would have been the sweetest way to cap this brilliant performance, but Buendia puts the final finish into the side netting.
Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa
70mins: Cash looks to get his name on the scoresheet, too, but sends one well over from distance.
Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa
70mins: Onana is first to the corner and rattles the woodwork from a tight angle.
Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa
68mins: Watkins is clearly keen for a goal. He breaks into the box again and has Buendia in space, but opts to go alone and can only win a corner.