‘It may be very troublesome to win this trophy’revealed at 19:40 BST
Aston Villa v Bologna (20:00 BST, 3-1 agg)
Aston Villa supervisor Unai Emery talking to TNT Sports: “We are so, so respectful with them because they showed us their capacity to go for this title and to go a long way like we are expecting. We achieved a good result there but it is not done and how they are playing and performing, we have massive respect. Today, I know it is going to be difficult and we must play extending our game plan like we did in their stadium and today of course here with our great, great atmosphere here with our supporters, we are confident but so, so respectful.
On Emi Martinez beginning in objective: “So, so pleased with Marco [Bizot], he is a good man and superb skilled. Always prepared to play and when he’s enjoying as a result of for some circumstances [Emi] will not be out there, and even within the final second just like the final match [when Martinez withdrew in the warm-up], Marco is all the time prepared and performing fantastically and in fact we’re so pleased with him.”
On controlling his emotions in big moments: “We have our personal experiences in Europe. Two years in the past, we had been doing our debut in Europe within the Conference League and we achieved the semi-final right here in opposition to Olympiacos and we remind ourselves what we did two years in the past, how we misplaced the semi-final, how we did final yr within the Champions League after we misplaced within the quarter-finals in opposition to PSG. Everything we’re studying in our course of, we are attempting to remind ourselves and be very demanding and constant to obtain issues. Very troublesome match tonight. This is the aggressive manner we’re constructing right here. We are excited, motivated and we’re conscious of how we are able to management our feelings.”
On how special it would be to end the season with a trophy: “It is a manner to win a trophy and a manner to get into the Champions League. It may be very troublesome to win this trophy. Today is the second and we should get pleasure from at the moment. I’ve gained [the Europa League] thrice and I understand how troublesome it’s.”
