Villa Moon Walk Into the Semi-final as Emery’s Machine Starts Purring Again
My Old Man Said — An Aston Villa PodcastShow Notes
A 4-0 win on the night, 7-1 on aggregate. Aston Villa dispatched Bologna with comfortable ease to set up an all-English Europa League semi-final against Nottingham Forest.
Villa were three goals up before half-time, Buendia was the player of the night in what may have been his most complete performance in a Villa shirt, and the second half became an extended exercise in managing minutes ahead of Sunderland on Sunday.
In this episode of My Old Man Said, the show breaks down a night that confirmed Villa as legitimate Europa League favourites, and what it revealed about this team when everything clicks. The Bologna captain said after the game that his side simply could not lay a glove on a far superior team. That tells you everything.
There is also a reassessment of the semi-final draw. How Porto flunked their quarter-final against Forest — missed chances, a man sent off inside ten minutes, hitting the woodwork twice despite being down a man. So are Forest lucky to be there?
Plus: We discuss Villa's missed spot-kicks in Europe, the 1897 group getting the whole Trinity Stand on their feet, the Bologna fans buying Villa merch and Sunderland, a proper test this weekend with their two away wins on the bounce and nothing to fear at Villa Park.
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