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Sancho happy helping Aston Villa reach Europa League quarter-finals

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Chris Beattie / Tribal Football

Published 5 months ago

Aston Villa winger Jadon Sancho was happy being involved for their Europa League win against Lille on Thursday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcginn-john/rgGnzD2e/"]John McGinn[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bailey-leon/Mc0XPojG/"]Leon Bailey[/a] struck the goals after halftime [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aston-villa-W00wmLO0/lille-pfDZL71o/?mid=Kb3DcOth"]to win the round of 16 tie 3-0 on aggregate[/a].[/p][p][b]"It is a lovely feeling," [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sancho-jadon/n5mG9yn6/"]Sancho[/a] explained after the match.[/p][p][b]"Tonight has been incredible with the fans. We stuck to the game plan, that’s what we needed, and hopefully we keep that momentum into the Premier League.[/b][/p][p][b]"We have got to take it game by game. This is a tough competition; Europe is very different. We worked hard on and off the ball, and if we keep doing this, I’m sure we can go very far in this competition."[/b][/p][embed guid="be116278-af23-4d8a-9d52-3c5dc7664e41" url="https://x.com/AVFCOfficial/status/2034750258912104570" social-type="twitter" /][p]On McGinn, he added: "We've missed him a lot. He's a great guy to be around, and he brings a lot of energy into the changing room. So happy to have him back and happy to assist him today."[/p]

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