Beers with Prince William, a broken finger and CL next? Villa's Europa triumph!

It was a night that Aston Villa fans will never forget. A first trophy in 30 years, and their 1982 European conquerors have some competition.

Youri Tielemans, Emiliano Buendia and Morgan Rogers were the goalscoring heroes in Istanbul, as Villa beat Freiburg 3-0 in comfortable fashion.

Follow all the reaction as Aston Villa win the Europa League!

It's time to recognise Emery as an elite manager

Freiburg 0-3 Aston Villa - report and reaction

But perhaps the most heroic action of the night came from goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez - who broke his finger during the warm-ups - but still carried on to play the game, and keep a clean sheet.

"Today I broke my finger during warm-ups, but I didn't see it as a bad thing," said Martinez after the game.

"I've never broken a finger before and every time I tried to catch the ball, the finger would just slip away in the other direction.

"But, these are just things you have to go through."

Martinez was forced into two saves with his broken finger, though Freiburg only mustered an overall Expected Goals tally of 0.24. So while the Argentine was heroic in playing on while injured, he was hardly tested.

All the reaction as Villa win the Europa League!

Stream the Premier League final day with no contract

The Villa goalkeeper has, however, continued his perfect record in finals - winning all seven of the showpiece matches he has played in during the last six years for club and country.

2020 – Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea, FA Cup final

2020 – Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool (5-4 pens), Community Shield

2021 – Argentina 1-0 Brazil, Copa America final

2022 – Argentina 3-3 France (4-2 pens), World Cup final

2024 – Argentina 1-0 Columbia, Copa America final

2026 – Aston Villa 3-0 Freiburg, Europa League final

That run comes across three different teams - Arsenal, Argentina and now Villa.

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player

Matty Cash has revealed the Villa squad were having beers with Prince William after their Europa League triumph in Istanbul.

The future King of England, an avid Villa supporter, was in attendance in Istanbul for the final - and was seen avidly celebrating the goals and the result.

"He was in there having a beer with us," said Cash. "He's just delighted. To be fair, he's such a big supporter.

"He's always coming to the training ground, always at Villa Park. And he deserves moments like these and hopefully he can let his hair down today."