00:00It's a big week for Aston Villa as they continue their European campaign against Serie A side Bologna in Italy
00:09on Thursday, April 9th.
00:11Villa manager Unai Emery has already won this competition on four separate occasions and fans will be hoping his experience
00:21can guide them deeper into the tournament.
00:24The Villains have recently returned to form after a run of inconsistent results, although this will be their first match
00:33back following the international break.
00:37Ollie Watkins will be eager to make a statement after missing out on selection under Thomas Tuchel in his extended
00:4535-man squad in what was the last international window of the season.
00:50Elsewhere, John McGinn impressed with a superb goal for Scotland, helping them secure qualification for the FIFA World Cup.
00:59A huge moment for the Scottish international there.
01:02Morgan Rodgers and Esri Concer also racked up minutes for England under Thomas Tuchel as well.
01:10Now, though, attention turns back to the Europa League for Aston Villa, where they have a strong opportunity to push
01:19on and reach the semi-finals of the Europa League.
01:23After Villa's victory in the round of 16, Unai Emery said his players needed the two-legged fixture to really
01:31show the team's competitive spirit.
01:34Good evening.
01:36Good evening. Yes, yes. I am happy how we perform two matches, how we try to play serious and being
01:48organized, respecting the opponent.
01:50And not so brilliant, those two matches, but consistent, being consistent, defending well, defending well, dominating when we could dominate.
02:03And when we had our momentum to be even ruthless against them.
02:14And I think we needed it.
02:17We needed those two matches to show this competitive way.
02:25John McGinn's just said he thought it was Jadon Sancho's best performance in a Villa shirt. Would you agree?
02:36Hopefully, we'll play, we'll play matches improving the match he played today.
02:44But of course, today he played well and Sancho, he has some qualities, high-level qualities.
02:54And today he showed it in some momentum, very important for us.
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