Aston Villa beat Lille again and is among the eight best in the Europa League

Aston Villa he beat again Lillethis time at home and 2-0 (3-0 on aggregate), for the second leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League 2025/26, that can be seen again for the Disney+ Premium Plan (only for South America).

John McGinn, in the 54th minute, scored the first goal of the game for the Villains and Leon Bailey, in the 84th minute, lowered the blind and sealed the 3-0 aggregate score.

The match broke down in a very particular way. The one who started the goal play was Dibu Martínezwith a very precise quick volley serve that found Jadon Sancho, with an advantage to escape in speed and give the ball to McGinn, who defined a perfect left-footed cross.

Until that moment, the Villains managed the first leg advantage very calmly, moving the ball horizontally and looking for space.

That gap, however, had not appeared, although it allowed Emery’s men to defend themselves with the ball. Just a header from Onana at the end of the first half demanded an exuberant response from goalkeeper Berke Özerin what was a clear scoring chance.

Although after 0-1, the French had to move forward and began to leave more spaces behind. Villa almost finished him off in the 65th minute, when a long delivery made Sancho run at speed again, this time hand in hand with the goalkeeper. The striker finished hard and his shot hit the post and went out.

There was no more than that. Lille had to go out and look for him and never knew or understood how: he couldn’t get the ball or go deep. It wasn’t until the 76th minute that the alarm was set off with a left-footed shot from Noah Edjouma, powerful but towards where Dibu Martínez was directed, which he deflected without problems.

However, that search to get into the series was what ended up eliminating him. Buendía, attentive, saw the gap and made a perfect pass to Ollie Watkins, who saw Leon Bailey arrive and gave the pass to the middle for the final 2-0 at 84′.

Aston Villa handled the ball, did not suffer and also sealed the 3-0 aggregate win in their favor. to get among the best eight in the UEFA Europa League.