Aston Villa did not spare Bologna. Appearing at home in the second leg of the Europa League quarterfinal at Villa Park Stadium, Friday, April 17, 2026 early morning WIB, Villa destroyed Bologna 4-0 which made them qualify for the semifinals.
Villa can actually play casually because they only need a draw in the second match. Moreover, they play in front of their own supporters and have won 3-1. The victory achieved at home to Bologna has become a strong capital for The Villans to complete the second match.
However, Unai Emery's manager did not want his team to lose vigilance when hosting Bologna. They still played with high spirits which resulted in Bologna being helpless.
When striker Ollie Watkins opened the scoring after finishing off a neat pass from Morgan Rogers in the 16th minute, Villa were effectively through to the semi-finals. That's because Bologna needed more goals to catch up. However, they still showed high aggression and dominated the game.
For Watkins, who scored a brace in the first match, the goal was Villa's 100th in various competitions. It was also Watkins' 10th goal, making him the club's top scorer in European competitions, surpassing Villa legend Peter White, who was also a former Indonesian national team coach and John McGinn.
After the goal of the England national team striker, which gave Villa a 1-0 lead, they did not slow down the pace of the game. In fact, the hosts had the opportunity to add a goal when they were awarded a penalty after defender Martin Vitik touched the ball while trying to block Rogers' header in the 24th minute.
Only, Rogers who took the penalty himself failed to complete the execution. Goalkeeper Federico Ravaglia managed to stop it. However, just a minute later, Ravaglia failed to stop Emiliano Buendia's shot who greeted the ball thrown into his partner so that the score changed to 2-0.
Rogers who failed to finish the penalty then paid for it by breaking Ravaglia's goal in the 39th minute. This was his first goal in the last 12 matches with Villa. The score was 3-0 for Villa and lasted until the first half ended.
In the second half, Villa had slowed down the pace of the game. The 3-0 lead was difficult for Bologna to chase. Moreover, the team coached by Vincenzo Italiano was less aggressive in pressing Villa's defense.
It was proven that no goal was created from Rossoblu. On the other hand, Villa managed to consolidate the lead after Ezri Konsa broke the opponent's goal before the match ended. His volley shot confirmed the dominance over Bologna and changed the score to 4-0.
The score held until the end of the match which made Villa win 7-1. They also qualified for the semi-finals to face fellow English Premier League team Nottingham Forest who eliminated Porto. Forest won 1-0 so they had a 2-1 aggregate.
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