SC Freiburg lost the Europa League final to Aston Villa. The English team won 3:0. SC Freiburg showed a good defensive performance, but couldn't bite back against the favored Premier League club. The SC Freiburg went into the final with Halbfinal-Held Lukas Kübler and Routinier Vincenzo Grifo in the starting lineup. The duo sent trainer Julian Schuster against the last Bundesliga game against RB Leipzig (4:1) for Jordy Makengo and Derry Scherhant into the first eleven. Right-back Kübler had in the semifinal return with a double against Sporting Braga paved the way to Istanbul. The Sport-Club acted as usual in the 4-2-3-1 system, the last so form-strong Igor Matanovic gave the only top scorer. With "Chicco" Höfler in the defensive midfield in the last game of his professional career. Aston Villa began with the expected lineup, with the ex-Dortmunder Jadon Sancho and Ian Maatsen only made it to the bench. The final began without much hesitation. Igor Matanovic came immediately to a header (1.), before Aston Villa had the first high-carat. Tielemanns played a vertical pass to Ollie Watkins, who set Rogers. The 23-year-old shot from the penalty area and forced SC goalkeeper Noah Atubolu to a first save (3.). In the following, Aston Villa had more of the game, Freiburg was noticeable in the initial phase. After ten minutes, Rogers shot from distance, his shot went only narrowly to the right of the Sport-Club's goal. In the following, there was a phase with many two-on-one situations, small fouls and resulting interruptions. Proof of this were three yellow cards in the first 20 minutes by the French referee Francois Letexier. On the Freiburger side, Philipp Treu was warned, at Aston Villa Buendia and Matthew Cash. All were hard but correct decisions by Letexier.