00:00Aston Villa take to the field within touching distance of the final four in the Europa League.
00:06But for them the job is far from done after surviving a few scares.
00:10The home team are unchanged from the first leg.
00:13Emi Martinez was a late withdrawal at Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Sunday through injury.
00:18Bologna make three changes, two of them in central defence with John Lukumi suspended and Torbjorn Hegem dropped to the
00:24bench.
00:26Hoping they are 90 minutes away from either, causing an upset.
00:30Or staying in the tie and forcing extra time.
00:333-1 then the aggregate scoreline at the start of play.
00:38Started at the weekend and has kept his place tonight.
00:40Lovely ball there from Castro, slight miscontrol.
00:45Over on the far side from Juan Miranda and the shot brings a save from Martinez.
00:59Bologna with a bit more of the play so far.
01:05And the only attempt on target of the match up to this point.
01:08Buendia nicely done.
01:10Rodgers trying to get away from Froiler.
01:14Tielemans, Buendia.
01:16Rodgers once more.
01:17Into Buendia.
01:18It's tight, it's intricate.
01:19There isn't much room.
01:20But it's a lovely finish for Oli Watkins.
01:23It was intricate.
01:25It was precise.
01:26And Oli Watkins just strokes the ball home.
01:34And surely now opens the door to the semi-finals for Villa.
01:44And Nana gets away from his man and space in midfield.
01:49Picking out Rodgers.
01:50Support arriving.
01:51Rodgers might not need it.
01:53Good save.
01:56Rodgers brings the save from Federico Ravaglia.
02:01Rove.
02:03Cash diligent again.
02:05Sharp to challenge.
02:07Well won back by Niccolò Casale.
02:09Getting the better of Rodgers.
02:11Bit of space for Froiler.
02:14That's Juan Miranda.
02:16And now Federico Bernadeschi's been waiting patiently on the far touchline.
02:20Rifling that one in at Martinez.
02:26Very tidy control as Dina sends it in towards...
02:30A few shouts from the crowd behind the goal for a possible handball.
02:35But it kind of knew what was coming there.
02:42As the ball just thumped against that trailing arm.
02:46Away from the body.
02:54As the Czech international Martin Wittig.
02:58The challenge to Rodgers.
03:14Referee Sanchez has had a good look.
03:20And it's a penalty kick.
03:28And it's saved.
03:32Good stop from Ravaglia.
03:35And Rodgers denied.
03:40And the tie would surely have been completely out of reach.
03:49Goals have dried up a little bit lately for Rodgers.
03:52But here come Villa again.
03:53And it's 2-0 anyway.
03:54Just moments after the missed penalty.
03:57Evi Buendia.
04:02And now Villa really can dream of a semi-final.
04:11Well having been the hero moments ago.
04:14Federico Ravaglia.
04:17And Villa is beaten by Buendia.
04:26And Villa now with a very sizeable...
04:35Martina is looking for Watkins.
04:38Up against Wittig.
04:42Into McGinn.
04:44Now it's with Rodgers.
04:473-0.
04:50Rodgers has his goal.
04:53Having missed from 12 yards.
04:56He's all smiles now.
05:04It's a five-star first half.
05:08Well what a first half.
05:11For the home crowd to enjoy.
05:14Aston Villa under the guidance...
05:17...of Unai Emery.
05:22Aston Villa 45 minutes away...
05:25...from the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League.
05:30With a commanding aggregate advantage.
05:41Easy save for MartĂnez.
05:46Into Jadon Sancho.
05:48He's trying to get it back to Leon Bailey.
05:50No foul.
05:50And Bailey with a chance to break away here now.
05:54Support both left and right for Leon Bailey.
05:56Still going.
05:57Looking to tee up.
05:58Look at Dina.
05:59And Ravaglia wasn't about to be beaten...
06:01...at the near post for the third time tonight.
06:12Dina looking for his first goal.
06:16Lovely play from Jonathan Rowe.
06:18Excellent block by Concer.
06:20MartĂnez out.
06:21And somehow it doesn't go in.
06:22Orcelini there.
06:25Challenged at the last moment.
06:27By Luca Dina.
06:30Here's Buendia.
06:34Collected by Sancho.
06:36Into Leon Bailey.
06:37And the deflection behind for a corner.
06:40Bailey looked as if he picked up an injury.
06:44Somewhere near the halfway line actually.
06:46When he made the pass initially back.
06:48It's long before this.
06:49I don't know whether he's...
06:52Just feeling the effects of that now.
06:54But he was certainly hobbling a bit earlier in the build-up.
06:58Scored in the last round.
07:00Leon Bailey having come off the bench.
07:01Well, Douglas Luiz, we know, can send these ones right underneath the crossbar at times.
07:08And calls goalkeepers a real problem.
07:11Not looking to do that this time.
07:12Trying to find Tammy Abraham instead.
07:14Oh, it's Esri Konza for number four.
07:17There's the icing on Villa's quarterfinal cake.
07:20A goal in each leg of this last eight tie for Esri Konza.
07:26He scored the opener in Bologna.
07:29And he scored what is surely the finishing touch to the second leg here.
07:34Bookending the tie nicely.
07:36Aston Villa four, Bologna nil.
07:397-1 on aggregate.
07:44Well, he doesn't score for a year.
07:46And then twice in the space of a week.
07:51Douglas Luiz floating that one in.
07:54And Konza.
07:56And could easily have taken the lead in the first game.
08:00But they've been well beaten in the second.
08:05And Unai Emery, Mr Europa League, is at it again.
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