UEFA should meet urgently this summer and consider the name change in one of its major competitions. The Europa League would have to be renamed the ‘Emery League’. The one of Hondarribia He raised his fifth trophy towards the sky Istanbul in the umpteenth performance of his team in a major European final. Nobody has won more in this competition than him. Five titles with three different teams in 13 years. A scandal.
Precisely in the victory achieved in the Tüpras Stadyumu Nobody can say that his hand was not noticed in this Aston Villa. The first two goals came through the scoreboard. Two great goals from a team that was superior from start to finish. The winning character that the Basque coach gives to his teams in the finals is a guarantee of success. At a time when Spanish coaches are passing the gameUnai Emery has nothing to envy of Luis Enrique, Mikel Arteta or Pep Guardiolato mention some of the illustrious ones. In fact, only the City coach has more European titles than him.
Carlo Ancelotti, the aforementioned Guardiola, Alex Ferguson, Giovanni Trapattoni and Arrigo Sacchi. That is the shortlist of coaches who surpass Emery in terms of European titles. Five trophies, all in the same competition, speak of what a coach has done to whom, at his 54 yearshe still has a race ahead of him to continue making history.
The genius
Unai Emery
The Emery League
This is Unai Emery. Capable of winning three consecutive Europa Leagues with Sevilla, giving Villarreal the first European title in its history… or return Aston Villa to the European elite 25 years later, time that has passed since they won the Intertoto Cup. Nobody dominates this tournament like him. He is the undisputed king of the competition. And his feat does not seem easy to match for those who come behind.
The detail
Tielemans scores the first goal of the final
A blackboard worth gold
In an increasingly competitive football, where the distances between teams are narrowing to the limit, the set piece is beginning to take on special prominence. It has been one of the basic pillars in the Premier and Arteta’s path to the Champions League final with Arsenal and was decisive in Istanbul with Emery’s Aston Villa. Two great goals, those of Tielemans and Buendía, that were built from slate. The first from the corner. The second, with a seemingly harmless lateral foul. This is also football, and it has more and more weight in the games.
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Youri Tielemans celebrates his goal against Freiburg
A promise finally consecrated
Youri Tielemans He found his big moment in Istanbul. Gone is that young midfielder who amazed in the Anderlecht and for which half of Europe seemed to be glued. His quality and physical display seemed to destined him to lead one of the top teams in Europe and who knows whether to dominate the old continent. Today, at your 29 years, Tielemans He looks back and looks askance at the excess kilometers traveled with the Monaco and the Leicester City. As a villain he has finally managed to be truly relevant. A European final, a great goal for the history of the competition and its club. A moment that seemed to have been waiting for him for too long.
The bombshell
Buendía celebrates his goal in the final in Istanbul
Buendía has worked hard
The bombshell he dropped Emiliano Buendia from outside the area he left the final in Istanbul a foregone conclusion. The one of Silver Sea He has spent a good part of his career breaking ground from the second row to reach the European elite. In a Europa League final, Buendía broke the game with a whip from the edge of the area, to score Villa’s second goal, and a precise assist from the wing for Rogers to score the third. He is one of those football ‘hard workers’ who has earned, through effort, great moments like the one in Istanbul.
