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Aston Villa believing in Champions League for next season
National World - LocalTV
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18/04/2024
A stunning season.
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Charlie, looking at Aston Villa and Unai Emery finally admitting that the Champions League
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race is on. I mean, a few results have gone their way recently. They had that massive
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loss at home to Spurs, which you may have thought Spurs would have been creeping in,
00:14
but they've been brilliant ever since. You know, this is finally a big step in the season
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and the manager has come out and said this.
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He's been denying it all year, Unai Emery. We've been trying so hard in the press conferences
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just to get him to say they're Champions League contenders. But he wouldn't even admit they
00:31
were European contenders, which was nuts to us. And even at Christmas time when they were
00:37
kind of in the fight with Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool at the top, at that point he
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wasn't even saying they were European contenders. And he'd list the likes of Chelsea as higher
00:47
contenders, even though they're about 15, 20 points adrift. So for him to actually say
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that they're Champions League contenders, let alone European, is a big step for him.
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He always said it would be kind of game week 32, 33 that he might start talking about it.
01:01
And he definitely lived up to his word. But who can blame him going away to his old team
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Arsenal, a 2-0 win, whilst they're at the Emirates for that. It was just unbelievable
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the way they played in that second half.
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The first half they rode their luck a little bit. Emi Martinez made some big saves. But
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in that second period Villa were just the better team. And I don't think Arsenal can
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really deny that. Martin Odegaard got quite tired. He went off with a knock. And some
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of the changes that Mikel Arteta made didn't really help them. Villa took advantage and
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two great goals. Leon Bailey's, I know it was a tap in, but the work beforehand was
01:31
good. And then Olly Watkins' finish was just incredible. So very well-deserved win. And
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now three points ahead of Tottenham in the top four race. It's a huge result for them.
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And I think they could well get Champions League.
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Obviously, the likelihood becomes a lot bigger now. What sort of impact does it have on the
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club getting this Champions League? Obviously, it's possible that fifth place could get it
01:53
as well. Do you feel like it's almost there now and they are one of the favourites to
01:58
get the Champions League next season?
02:00
You'd hope so. Having that advantage over Tottenham, having the goal difference advantage,
02:06
just about, it's very close that one. That could really go either way. They're in the
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driving seat. If they just win all of their remaining games, I know it's very much a cliché
02:14
thing, then they're getting it. They have got some tough matches to go, but Tottenham
02:19
have got worse fixtures. Villa's a kind of mid-table fixtures and Chelsea whacked into
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there as well. And Liverpool, actually. But Tottenham's are three of the top six they've
02:30
got to play still. So I think that gives Villa the advantage of it. And as well, Tottenham
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have to really crunch their fixtures in the last few games of the season, which is going
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to be tough for them. In terms of fifth place, Man City and Arsenal being knocked out of
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the Champions League means that the co-efficiency probably isn't going to be good enough, especially
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if Bayern Munich and Dortmund are through and Leverkusen are likely to beat West Ham
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United. So Villa might have to sail their own ship here in Europe if they can get to
02:55
the Conference League final and win that. But at the moment, it looks like you might
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have to finish fourth to get to the Champions League.
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