Aston Villa vs Freiburg LIVE: Team news and updates from Europa League final

Freiburg have netted 25 Europa League objectives this season.

Since 2009-10, the one German groups to attain extra in a single season are Werder Bremen in 2009-10 (26), Eintracht Frankfurt in 2018-19 (30) and Bayer Leverkusen in 2023-24 (31).

As tends to be the case with Unai Emery within the Europa League, his workforce are coming into type at precisely the proper time. An typically laborious 2026 for Aston Villa has all of a sudden loved launch. Engaged on restricted assets relative to the highest of the Premier League, Emery has bought it shut to identify on. Villa are all of a sudden flying simply earlier than their largest recreation in 44 years.

Freiburg XI: Atubolu; Kubler, Ginter, Lienhart, Treu; Eggestein, Hofler; Beste, Manzambi, Grifo; Matanovic

Subs: Muller, Huth, Jung, Osterhage, Scherhant, Holer, Irie, Philipp, Gunter, Makengo, Rosenfelder, Ogbus

A remaining phrase from Youri Tielemans who spoke about Aston Villa’s opponents tonight.

Of Freiburg he mentioned: “I do know they are a actually good facet.

“Them being within the remaining, it means they’ve achieved effectively within the competitors, however within the Bundesliga, they’ve achieved actually good issues as effectively, they’re preventing for Europe each season.

“It will be a really robust recreation.”

A remaining phrase from Youri Tielemans who spoke about Aston Villa’s opponents tonight.

Of Freiburg he mentioned: “I do know they are a actually good facet.

“Them being within the remaining, it means they’ve achieved effectively within the competitors, however within the Bundesliga, they’ve achieved actually good issues as effectively, they’re preventing for Europe each season.

“It will be a really robust recreation.”

Unai Emery has named an unchanged workforce for the third recreation in a row which means Victor Lindelof begins in midfielder alongside Youri Tielemans.

Amadou Onana begins within the bench however might play a component afterward.

Ollie Watkins leads the lead once more.

The Villa midfielder added: “It is undoubtedly the most effective interval of my profession.

“My recreation has matured so I can now information a lot of the gamers, I can dictate play with or with out the ball.

“Clearly, my technical skills have all the time been my energy, and I attempt to convey that into the sport, as soon as we’ve the ball, to maintain the calmness within the workforce and to attempt to make the workforce tick and that is what I get pleasure from essentially the most.”

Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Money, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Lindelof, Tielemans; Buendia, McGinn, Rogers; Watkins

Youri Tielemans was on media responsibility for Aston Villa forward of tonight’s conflict in Istanbul.

He was requested about Villa’s good 4-0 victory over Nottingham Forest within the second leg of the semi-final.

“Every thing got here collectively,” he revealed.

“I used to be [recently] saying to some pals, ‘Think about if we performed that means each recreation, how far more gratifying it could be!’ Simply that depth we put into the sport.

“We might inform within the first couple of minutes that it was going to be our night time. It was considered one of our greatest performances of the season… thus far.”

Aston Villa are that includes in simply their second main European remaining, having received 1-0 towards Bayern Munich within the 1982 European Cup remaining.

Solely Manchester Metropolis have ever had an extended hole between their first two finals (1970 – 2021).