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"I'm not the king of the Europa League", specialist Unay Emery speaks before today's final
2026-05-20 20:08:35 / SPORT
Spanish coach Unai Emery is once again on the verge of European glory as he prepares Aston Villa for the Europa League final in Istanbul against Freiburg. For Emery, this will be his sixth personal final in the competition, an absolute record that brings him closer to Italian legend Giovanni Trapattoni.
The Spanish coach has the opportunity to give Aston Villa their first European trophy in 30 years, but he prefers to keep the team grounded and focus solely on the big challenge in Turkey.
"I'm not the king of this competition. Now I'm here with Aston Villa and this is a new chapter," Emery declared at a press conference.
"Everything I have achieved belongs to the past and of course remains there, but with those victories you can't win today. We have to win in Turkey with the players we have now, with today's Aston Villa. This is a new journey, a new moment and hopefully a new era," he added.
Emery also stressed the importance of respect for the opponent and the competition: "If you don't respect the opponent, you are closer to losing. If we hadn't respected Europe during our journey, we wouldn't be here. That's the strong mentality we have had so far."
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