00:00Aston Villa will be preparing themselves for the second leg of their Europa League quarterfinal against Bologna, this time at
00:10Villa Park.
00:11Aston Villa already have a 3-1 lead following their victory in the first leg in Italy, but it all
00:19comes down to this.
00:20Can Aston Villa progress to the semi-final? Now, they were held to a 1-1 draw at the weekend
00:28away at Nottingham Forest, but they'll be looking to get back to winning ways, although, to be honest, a draw
00:35would see them through.
00:37Here's what Unai Emery said after the game against Nottingham Forest, looking ahead to the Europa League.
00:44We are playing for the excellence. We were excellence in December. We were two or three points behind Arsenal and
00:54behind Manchester City.
00:57And how we were one month ago was not excellence like in December, but we were very good.
01:04And how we are now is the same in our objective. Europe League quarterfinal and Premier League top five positions.
01:15Of course, today in the match is something similar. We played a very good match, but the next step forward
01:21is to play excellence to win.
01:23We tried it. I am so happy how we were keeping strong with our game plan and the players, they
01:29were following it.
01:31The starting players, the players in the back, how they were being impacted after Sust.
01:37Some players, really fantastic. And we tried to win. We played to win. We competed to win.
01:43We, through our game plan, we planned.
01:46And we got, we have got a very good match, very good points, but still being, for me, the next
01:54step forward to achieve is the excellence.
01:58With the top five progressing through to the Champions League next season, it looks pretty set in stone that Aston
02:06Villa will qualify for European's top competition.
02:10However, they could do so by also winning the Europa League.
02:15Unai Emery has won that competition more than any other manager, four times with different clubs.
02:23And Villa fans will be hoping that he can guide the Midlands club to European success as well.
02:32Villa go into the game with a 3-1 lead.
02:36Oli Watkins scoring a vital goal in Italy to make sure the return leg at Villa Park will be as
02:44comfortable as possible.
02:46Villa could afford to lose the game 1-0 and still go through.
02:50But Unai Emery will be hoping that Aston Villa can win the game as he strives for excellence.
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