Aston Villa is ready to start its journey in the Champions League. Unai Emery’s team will face Young Boys tomorrow night in Bern for the first round of the main European competition. A difficult match on a very hot pitch but above all on a synthetic pitch that can be a challenge for those who are not used to it. And it is precisely on this topic that the coach of the English team expressed his opinion Unai Emerywho spoke at a press conference today:
“Usually we have our training session in Birmingham and then we leave,” the coach said, “but we have our training session here because we want to adapt. We can play as we are.” The coach then focused on Villa’s return to the Champions League: “We are excited. I think it’s a good moment for the club after a long time. Hopefully we can keep it for a long time. It’s a challenge.”
Emery then expressed a message of condolences for Gary Shaw, who died today following a domestic accident: “My condolences to the family and all the fans – he concluded -. We will always remember him. We have the 1982 team in our training ground with the Champions Cup and he was one of the protagonists”.