Aston Villa za su tashi zuwa Jan Breydel Stadium a Brugge, Belgium, ranar Laraba, don nufin daya na daya daga cikin nasarar su a gasar Champions League. Kungiyar Unai Emery ta fara kampeeni ta UEFA Champions League ta 2024/25 cikin yanayi mai ban mamaki, inda ta lashe wasanninta uku na ba ta yi kowace katiyanci ba.
Club Brugge, wanda ya yi nasara a gasar Belgian Pro League, ya fuskanci wasannin da suka yi tsananin gasa a wasanninta uku na farko na Champions League, inda ta sha kashi a hannun Borussia Dortmund da AC Milan, amma ta doke Sturm Graz don samun nasara ta farko. Koyaya, Brugge na kan gagarumar nasara a wasanninta na gida, inda ta sha kashi a wasanninta uku na karshe na gida a gasar Champions League ba tare da zura kwallo ba, inda ta ajiye kwallaye tara.
Aston Villa, a karkashin koci Unai Emery, suna da tsananin kishin gasa, suna shiga wasan ranar Laraba tare da nasarar kowane wasa ba tare da kowace katiyanci ba. Nasarar su ta karshe a gasar ta zo ne a kan Bologna da ci 2-0, amma a wasanninta na gida, sun fuskanci matsaloli, suna shan kashi a hannun Crystal Palace a gasar EFL Cup sannan kuma sun sha kashi 4-1 a hannun Tottenham Hotspur.
Wannan zai zama taron farko tsakanin Club Brugge da Aston Villa, kuma Villa ta yi nasara a kan kungiyoyin Belgian a baya, ta lashe RSC Anderlecht a semi-final na European Cup a shekarar 1981/82. Unai Emery ya samu nasara a kan kungiyoyin Belgian a baya, ya lashe wasanni uku da kuma tare da tsallake rai a wasanni huÉ—u da ya buga da kungiyoyin Belgian.
Yayin da Club Brugge ke fuskanci matsaloli a wasanninta na gida, Aston Villa na da damar lashe wasanninta na huÉ—u a jere ba tare da kowace katiyanci ba, abin da kawai kungiyoyi uku suka cimma a tarihi: AC Milan a shekarar 1993, Paris Saint-Germain a shekarar 1994, da Juventus a shekarar 1995.
