one of my favorite moments of winning on the margins in Villa's Europa final:
Freiburg score 40% of their goals on set pieces. Major corner threat with their height
Other clubs would pack the box with defenders on corner. Villa did the opposite. Placed four attackers near midfield
That left 6 Freiburg attackers vs 6 defenders and Emi Martinez, who is excellent at coming out for crosses
That led to a fast break roll out, with Youri on the ball and 4 other Villa attackers vs 4 retreating Freiburg defenders - which did not include the CBs that were up for the corner
This entire action was the beginning of Villa's second goal just before half, as they were able to keep to ball in that section of the field until Buendia's curler