Spanish specialist Unai Emery will play in his sixth European cup final during his coaching career. Sport24 reports that his Aston Villa qualified for the decisive match by defeating Nottingham Forest (4:0) in the Europa League semi-final.
Emery is the fifth coach to reach six European cup finals. Previously, Carlo Ancelotti, Giovanni Trapattoni, Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho have achieved this.
Aston Villa will face Germany's Freiburg in the final on May 20.