Aston Villa F.C. ended a 30-year trophy drought in emphatic fashion Wednesday, defeating SC Freiburg 3-0 in the Europa League final behind stunning goals from Youri Tielemans and Emiliano Buendia.
Unai Emery's side took the lead late in the first half in Istanbul through Tielemans' thunderous volley.
Buendia increased Villa's advantage with a sublime curler seconds before the interval.
Morgan Rodgers' second-half goal finished off the outclassed Germans, sealing Villa's first silverware since the 1996 League Cup and their first major European prize for 44 years.
That famous European Cup final upset of Bayern Munich in 1982, secured by Peter Withe's goal in Rotterdam, has stood as the most iconic moment in Villa's 152-year history.
