Aston Villa beat Freiburg 3-0 within the Europa League remaining in Istanbul to finish their 30-year trophy drought, with Prince William within the stadium.
Prince William was within the stands to look at Aston Villa’s win (Picture: Getty)
Aston Villa captain John McGinn advised Prince William: ‘Get your card out!’ after main the membership to Europa League glory in Istanbul. The Prince of Wales was a spectator contained in the Besiktas Stadium as Villa received their first trophy in 30 years and their first European silverware because the 1982 European Cup remaining.
Following the trophy presentation, slipper McGinn disclosed that William visited the squad forward of kick-off. “He’s a cultured man,” McGinn advised TNT Sports activities. “He was within the dressing room earlier than the sport. He’s a large Villa fan so he was by no means going to overlook it. He’s only a regular man. It is nice to have his assist and hopefully it continues and tonight he can have a few drinks with us and perhaps get his bank card out on the finish of the night time!”
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William wrote on X after Villa’s 3-0 victory over Freiburg: “Wonderful night time!! Large congratulations to all of the gamers, crew, employees and everybody related to the membership! 44 years because the final style of European silverware!
“Particular shout out to Boubacar Kamara who has been out injured however is such an integral a part of our crew and helped lay the foundations of this success. UTV! VTID, W.”
Goalscorer Morgan Rogers believes Villa have written their names into the historical past books with their triumph. Youri Tielemans opened the scoring 40 minutes in with an excellent volley earlier than Emiliano Buendia doubled Villa’s lead with a surprising curling strike in first-half stoppage time.
Rogers killed the sport with a 3rd earlier than the hour mark as Unai Emery’s aspect cruised to a cushty victory, claiming their first trophy because the 1996 League Cup. It additionally comes 44 years after they defeated Bayern Munich to raise the European Cup. Rogers advised TNT: “It’s laborious to place into phrases. We’ve got labored so laborious for this.
“We knew we had another recreation and all of us delivered and we got here by way of. It’s a nice second for the followers, an amazing second for the membership, and it’ll go down in historical past.
“It was an amazing alternative for us to go and win a trophy, and we had been all actually excited. We knew our duties at hand to get the job completed and we now have completed that.”
The Aston Villa gamers raise the enduring Europa League trophy (Picture: Getty)
Prince William was delighted as Aston Villa received comfortably (Picture: Getty)
Prince William poses with the Europa League trophy and Unai Emery (Picture: Aston Villa FC)
Victory in Turkey marks a fifth Europa League title for Villa supervisor Emery, who can also be on track to guide the membership to a fourth-placed end within the Premier League. Striker Ollie Watkins stated: “It feels superb. To carry out like that was unbelievable. We actually managed the sport and we punished them in the long run. It’s an unbelievable expertise, it is what you dream of.
“Typically you may have ups and downs in a season, however we pulled by way of, pushed on, certified for the Champions League, and now this, it is indescribable.
“Unai was actually calm at this time. Typically within the league video games he generally is a little bit anxious as a result of he needs us to win, however at this time he was actually calm and that set the tone.”
Whereas centre-back Ezri Konsa mirrored: “I do not suppose it has sunk in but. I stated not way back how a lot of a journey it has been at this membership, seven years for me. We’ve got been by way of loads, ups and downs, however to lastly carry again some silverware is superb and one thing I can not describe.
“Look what it means to the followers and to the gamers and a few of us who’ve been right here for thus lengthy. And to the followers, who’ve been thorough thick and skinny, that is for them.”
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— Cristi Dorombach (@piticu21) Could 20, 2026
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