00:00Aston Villa make one enforced change from last week's first leg with Amadou Anana missing the game through injury.
00:06Manager start this evening but is among the substitutes with James McAtee taking his place.
00:11The other change from last week's...
00:15Well the only other set play Villa have had in the early stages of the match was the free kick
00:19from again and the tip over the bar from Ortega there.
00:24Harassing Forrest not giving them a moment's peace. Nice ball from Rodgers into Buendia who looks to tee it up.
00:39And it comes and Forrest standing firm again and the header from Watkins is comfortably saved.
00:45Took a whack in the process actually Oli Watkins there.
00:50Pressure on Nikola Milinkovic.
00:54Run back and Buendia in towards Rodgers and Tiedemann finds Watkins and it's Emi Buendia and Villa are lively and
01:01buzzing and piling on the pressure.
01:03And it's Buendia who looks for Neumann and it's the equalising goal in the tie.
01:08The first of the night for Oli Watkins.
01:11Game on now. Villa 1, Forrest 0, 1-1 on aggregate. The roof comes off the halt end.
01:24Just listen to that noise and what it means to the Aston Villa supporters.
01:29Oli Watkins will get all the plaudits because he's the goalscorer.
01:34But what about the provider, Emi Buendia?
01:38He does superbly well to skip past challenge after challenge inside the box.
01:42Forrest nervous about...
01:45Here come Villa with John McGinn and they're looking to take advantage of this.
01:50First little passage of the game. Good save by Ortega. Back out to Rodgers who rather miscues that.
01:56I'm not quite sure what he had in mind but it certainly wasn't.
01:59And see it out there. Rocking a little bit at the moment. Leaning back on the ropes in Boxington.
02:05Still looking at it now. In it comes. And it's off Igor Jesus. It'll be a goal kick.
02:16Well there goes the half-time whistle and there's the man who has levelled the match up.
02:22Got on the ball and I think it's a little unlucky probably to be the one that's been withdrawn.
02:28But he just felt as if they needed an extra body.
02:31What a big 45 minutes coming up for these two teams.
02:34Who's going to make it to Istanbul to the final?
02:38Paul Torres just reminding Ollie Watkins of which one they're going to go for here.
02:47Tielemans in towards Buendia. Nicely done.
02:51Torres, was he pulled back there inside the six-yard box?
02:55My first reaction was there was a pull on the shirt.
03:00In the seat. He's grabbed the back of the shirt.
03:04He's protesting his innocence as best he can.
03:07Well there was definitely a pull on the shirt.
03:08Yeah, absolutely. He's going to have a look.
03:15Big moment here in the tie.
03:18Referee saying, I'm going to have a look and I need you lot to all just stand out.
03:21He'll be getting the spray out and drawing the line near the edge of the pitch to keep them away.
03:26Well, it looks pretty conclusive.
03:29In real time, I thought penalty.
03:31I thought he's pulled his shirt.
03:33And you see, it's quite clear.
03:35There's the evidence.
03:37I mean, you don't need to see that too many times, do you?
03:42It's a penalty.
03:46Against Ortega.
03:49Villapark holds its breath.
03:512-1.
03:54Aston Villa ahead in the semi-final for the first time overall.
04:01And the little Argentinos.
04:03Make an impact in the game.
04:04But the ball just hasn't really fallen from yet.
04:09Header from Tielemans into Buendia.
04:11Here's Rodgers now with the flick looking for Oli Watkins.
04:15And Watkins makes it three!
04:17Flag goes up.
04:22Sharp shooting there from Villa's striker.
04:24Good finish.
04:25He didn't get himself back onside, I'm pretty sure.
04:29Ball's flicked round the corner from Morgan Rodgers.
04:31You can see he's about three yards offside where the ball's played to him.
04:33He was a mile offside, wasn't he?
04:36That was a good finish.
04:37Yeah.
04:37But he didn't work quite hard enough to get himself back onside.
04:41He had a sing in his name.
04:47Here's McGinn.
04:48Chance for number three.
04:49Not taken.
04:52Williams tries to dig it out.
04:53One in the air by Tielemans.
04:55That's Rodgers.
04:56Tielemans into Emi Buendia who's been outstanding.
04:59And now Morgan Rodgers.
05:00And Rodgers has got a little sighting of the goal here and the deflection.
05:04It carries it into the gloves of Ortega.
05:06Best we've seen from Morgan Rodgers.
05:09The pass from Anderson is a bit loose.
05:10It's fallen favourably.
05:12And a chance now.
05:13And Chris Wood is clean through on goal.
05:16Word denied by Emi Martinez.
05:18Villers players all look across.
05:19And finally...
05:20A save from Emily.
05:21Martinez.
05:22Was he offside?
05:23Had he gone a fraction too soon?
05:25And the answer is probably yes.
05:27His shoulder looked like he was the wrong side.
05:29Very close either way, wasn't it?
05:30Good save though.
05:31Yeah, it was a really good save.
05:33Martinez made an outstanding save in the first half last year.
05:43Good ball and Rodgers has done brilliantly.
05:47And here's McGinn.
05:48It's number three.
05:50The captain scores.
05:52And Villa can dream of a stand ball.
06:01What a night it's turning into in Birmingham.
06:04What a comeback in this semi-final.
06:08And in the Europa League.
06:10The most decorated manager of all is at it again.
06:1813 minutes to go.
06:21It's a two goal cushion.
06:24John McGinn makes it three.
06:27When the search of a way back into the game.
06:30Nottingham Forest have left so many gaps at the back.
06:34And Villa exploits it.
06:36John McGinn got two against Forest in a 3-1 victory in January.
06:41And he's just added another brilliant play again.
06:44But the more they've gone chasing, the more gaps that have appeared.
06:49And Villa have exploited them.
06:51Bogard's done well.
06:52Here comes Rodgers.
06:53Is this his moment?
06:54It's McGinn again!
06:55And it's number four.
06:56It's turning into a rout.
07:02Captain McGinn at the double.
07:08Villa are going to the final.
07:11A European final for only the second time in the club's history.
07:27And it has all come apart at the seams for Nottingham Forest.
07:34Buendia initially involved again.
07:37Good play from Rodgers.
07:40Unselfish from Watkins.
07:41Pinpoint from McGinn.
07:44Well, I'll talk about that.
07:45A couple of other lines.
07:47He said, we know what needs to be done.
07:49Here come Forest, by the way.
07:51Ryan Yanks looking for an opportunity.
07:55He said, something that future generations will always remember.
07:59Well, we have now had our four additional minutes.
08:03And all Villa fans want to hear now is the final whistle.
08:08And there it is.
08:09An historic night for Aston Villa.
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