Inside Aston Villa's Europa League success: From dysfunction to the defining moment of the Unai Emery era

The peak reached, the mountain climbed. Aston Villa bathed in euphoria in Istanbul. It was glorious.Captain John McGinn and manager Unai Emery are legends immortalised into club folklore with the Europa League secured in Besiktas Park after victory over Freiburg.The Villa supporters, far more than the 11,000 allocation — and who partied in the heavy rain earlier in the day — serenaded nearly every player and coach. Villa are crowned Europa League champions, winning their first major trophy in three decades and their first European trophy in 44 years.Advertisement