Emery's former goalkeeper reveals the 'secret' to Aston Villa success

Speaking at the Thinking Football Summit, former Sevilla keeper, Beto, says Unai Emery's passion sets him apart from other coaches.

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00:00Unai has many things that make him different.

00:05The passion that he has for football makes him different.

00:09The way that he studies every detail, not only in the opponent, in his own team.

00:17Every player he knows. He knows how to exploit the best of each player of his own team.

00:27For us, it was amazing. He knew what was going to happen in the game.

00:34At minute 45, this is going to happen. If the picture is this one, we will act this way.

00:41If the game is in another way, we are going to act this way.

00:44So he had everything planned. Every scenario, every situation he had planned.

00:50And for us, the players, we had all the information. We had everything.

00:55It's one of the secrets of Unai. He respects football. He gives everything for football.

01:03Not only in Sevilla, I know he had some bad moments in Arsenal, but he came back in Villarreal.

01:10He won another Europa League in Villarreal. He brought Aston Villa back to the top.

01:18So, too much credit for Unai, because I love him, respect him,

01:23and he will be forever one of my best coaches and my best friends.