Aston Villa's First Title in 30 Years

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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The FC crew react to Aston Villa's 3-0 victory over Freiburg and praise manager Unai Emery for being crowned Europa League champions for a 5th time. Plus, the guys continue to react to Arsenal's Premier League title victory and explain why they think Manchester City fell short this season. Mark Ogden also reacts to Chelsea's appointment of Xabi Alonso and provides an update on Michael Carrick's future at Man United. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Head to the coast in Abercrombie's latest summer drop.
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0:32.3	Hello, everyone, and welcome into our ESPNFC studios for the latest edition of the show.
0:36.6	I'm Alexis Nunes alongside Stevie Nicol. We're going to have more reaction 24 hours after Arsenal
0:41.7	were crowned Premier League champions. But first, today was a small matter of the Europa
0:46.1	League final, Aston Villa taking on Freiburg. And Una Emery delivered on his promise as
0:53.3	Aston Villa won their first European trophy since 1982.
0:57.0	It was a comfortable win for the villains as they won 3-0.
1:01.0	It all started off with a stunning goal from Yuri Tillamans.
1:04.0	If you haven't seen it, make sure to catch it.
1:06.0	Emmy Buendia then followed up and doubled the lead after with a nice goal too.
1:10.0	And then Morgan Rogers put the icing on the cake as Villa managed to crown themselves Europa League champions.
1:16.6	So let's welcome in the rest of our crew today. We have got Frank Laboff who knows exactly how it feels to win some trophies.
1:24.6	And I talked about Prince William being a lifelong villain, but we also have a man
1:28.9	who managed to don that Aston Villa shirt in Thomas Hitzelsberger, who's joining us for the full 90 today.
1:36.3	Thomas, show us the shirt, because I know you have an Aston Villa shirt on, and you must be celebrating.
1:41.0	How does this feel champions of Europe once again?
1:45.0	It feels great. Thank you for having me in the show and please forgive me because I'm not
1:49.0	looking as smart as you guys do and I did not stick to the dress code but this will be the
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