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86 min: Villa change: Buendia departs, and on comes Sancho.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 85 min: Matty Cash and McGinn keep up the dirty work. Jadon Sancho\u2019s arrival has been delayed by the fourth official not approving of the holes in his socks.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 84 min: Fair to say Morgan Gibbs-White won\u2019t be playing. Such sore luck for Forest that he\u2019s not been able to play a part.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 82 min: Colin Livingstone gets in touch: \u201cSuch an infuriating team Villa – looked last week like they had collectively never seen a football before. Then a force of nature. Been like that all year as well.\u201d<\/p>\n They could land Brentford \u2013 or Bournemouth, or Brighton \u2013 a Champions League place by finishing sixth.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min: That was Rogers who laid up McGinn, and the captain made no mistake. Two brilliant finishes from a brilliant player for Villa. There\u2019s few players who are so crucial to their team in European football.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! Aston Villa 4-0 Nottingham Forest (McGinn, 80)<\/p>\n McGinn again, begin again! What a finish. Villa are heading through.<\/p>\n John McGinn scores again and ASton Villa are in dreamland! Photograph: Dan Mullan\/UEFA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.48 EDT<\/p>\n 79 min: Forest have been soundly beaten, and beat themselves with that defending for McGinn\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! Aston Villa 3-0 Nottingham Forest (McGinn, 77)<\/p>\n Long ball to Watkins, who is unchallenged and lays up McGinn whose finish is wonderful and has all but guided Villa to Istanbul. They lead 3-1 on aggregate.<\/p>\n John McGinn scores and Villa on the way to Istanbul! Photograph: Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.44 EDT<\/p>\n 75 min: Freiburg are 3-1 up on Braga, but only 4-3 on aggregate. Can Villa be the team to face them? It takes a Bakwa tackle to stop them getting through.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 74 min: Villa change: Lindelof off, Bogarde on. The Swede did his job well. He\u2019s always been a decent footballer if not the most trustworthy defender.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min: Martinez climbs high to claim a corner. Forest at least winning more territory.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 72 min: Buendia fires wide. Villa chances stacking up; Forest are three at the back, and going direct. Neco Williams is one of the trio.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 70 min: Anderson zings in a ball that evades all but is dangerous. Forest changes: Wood, Morato off, Lucca on and Bakwa on, which means a rejig placing Hutchinson at full-back.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min: Villa are still in control now. They can\u2019t be too over-confident or fall to a sucker punch\u2026.but here\u2019s Wood, saved by Martinez\u2026.it was offside in any case but there\u2019s a warning Forest have the capability to come back.<\/p>\n Emi Martinez makes a smart save from Chris Wood. Photograph: Michael Steele\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.42 EDT<\/p>\n 67 min: Gibbs-White, who looks really bashed up, is sat at the back of the Forest bench. They\u2019re bringing on other players before him.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 66 min: Rogers has a dig, Ortega does well but Villa seem far more likely to score the next goal. Forest\u2019s forwards have been negligible, at best.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 65 min: Kari Tulinius is bang on here: \u201cNikola Milenkovic is a veteran defender, who distinguished himself in Serie A and has many, many caps for Serbia. I guess this just goes to show that experience never eliminates the propensity for being a bonehead. Silly boy.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 64 min: Villa have had 13 attempts to Forest\u2019s two. They\u2019ve been so dominant. They have been roared to victory. What a noise. When Villa Park rocks, there\u2019s nowhere louder. The same is true of Edgbaston cricket ground. Must be something about Brum.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.27 EDT<\/p>\n 62 min: Morgan Gibbs-White is getting his boots on. He\u2019s ready to risk face and limb for the cause. His team have missed him.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min: Watkins has the ball in the net, lovely flick from Rogers but the striker was coming back from an offside position.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 59 min: Prince William is giving it limbs. What a night it\u2019s been so far for His Highness and his team. All going to plan. The noise is incredible.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest (Buendia, 58 pen)<\/p>\n Ortega consults his notes, Buendia steps up, and even though the keeper goes the right way, it\u2019s beyond reach. Villa lead the tie 2-1 on aggregate.<\/p>\n Emi Buendia smashes home from the spot! Photograph: Alex Livesey\/AVFC\/Aston Villa FC\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.34 EDT<\/p>\n Penalty to Villa!<\/p>\n 56 min: Villa want a penalty. Did Milenkovic pull Pau Torres\u2019s shirt? It certainly looks like it. VAR is being actioned. The ref is going to look, and it\u2019s going to be given.<\/p>\n Oh, that\u2019s a penalty. Photograph: Darren Staples\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.22 EDT<\/p>\n 53 min: Hutchinson is clattered by Digne, and that brings Pereira off the bench. The ref runs over to issue reprimands.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 52 min: Crystal Palace lead Shakhtar 2-1, 5-2 on aggregate; English teams in every European final.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 51 min: Yates gets involved again, manhandling Pau Torres and then Buendia again. Buendia reminds the referee that he\u2019s already been fouled twice.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 50 min: Yates leaves one on Buendia, doubtless following orders to the letter.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min: Can Villa resume their momentum? McGinn blams in a ball, and Rogers attempts a flick. It goes wide. Forest were sat rather dumbfounded there.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 47 min: Ryan Yates is shadowing Buendia, a classic man-marker role from his manager. Elliot Anderson, who was quiet in that first half, has been shoved forward and to the left.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46 min: He\u2019s in the stands, the man who would be king, Prince William. Reckon he\u2019s sorted for a ticket in Istanbul?<\/p>\n Bonny Prince Billy celebrates the Villa goal. Photograph: David Klein\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.17 EDT<\/p>\n The sound of Ozzy\u2019s Crazy Train means we are soon to resume. Forest have made a change; McAtee, who had played OK when in possession, off for Ryan Yates to shore up midfield. Morgan Gibbs-White stays on the bench for now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Stephen McCrossan is back: \u201cFurther to the ongoing \u2018gubbed\u2019 debate, Simon McMahon is, of course, correct.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, it is also commonly used – in leafy Glasgow – as one of many euphemisms for being drunk (see also \u2018blootered\u2019, \u2018steaming\u2019, \u2018bladdered\u2019 and the classic \u2018pished\u2019.)\u201c<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Daniel Halladay gets in touch: \u201cAfter gushing about Johan Manzambi\u2019s abilities during the first leg last week I\u2019m very happy to see him demonstrate those abilities with a tremendous long range effort. Now I suppose I should praise Freiburg keeper Atubolu in hopes that I can manifest an excellent performance from him as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Simon McMahon gets in touch: \u201cEvening John. Gubbed, meaning \u2018badly beaten\u2019, has been commonly used up here in Dundee for as long as I can remember. Maybe I\u2019m just used to hearing it as a Dundee United fan. It\u2019s a great word all the same.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half-time: Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest (1-1 agg)<\/p>\n Villa have been excellent, Forest have clung on grimly. They will hope that Villa blew themselves out during an all-action half. We\u2019re still on a knife edge. Extra-time and penalties? Don\u2019t bet against it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+3 min: Cunha is booked for cropping down Buendia. An old-style reducer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+2 min: Justin Kavanagh gets in touch: \u201cTell Stephen McCrossan that though I feel his pain (re. overused commentators), I\u2019ll gladly take his Ally McCoist in exchange for the utter inanities of our boor du jour here in the States Al(ex)i Lallas. One of several Fox Soccer-related reasons why I\u2019ll be watching the World Cup in Spanish. And by the way, it doesn\u2019t matter where Lindelof plays\u2026 he\u2019s usually a postcode or two out of position.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min: Only four minutes added on, despite that lengthy delay. Forest will be glad of that. Big team talk to come from Big Vit in the away dressing room.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min: Villa\u2019s midfield is dominating, their players all playing close together, and Lindelof doing a manful job in holding the shape. That gives the others space to sparkle. McGinn, the classic Scottish ball player, has been excellent. Villa just aren\u2019t the same without him.<\/p>\n John McGinn uses his, er, ample talent to hold off Elliot Anderson. Photograph: Allstar Picture Library Ltd\/Neal Simpson\/Apl\/SportsphotoShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.55 EDT<\/p>\n 42 min: Rayo Vallecano lead Strasbourg 2-0 in the Conference League on aggregate, and so are likely to face Palace in the final.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 41 min: What can Forest find? Hutchinson cuts inside past Pau Torres, who slips, but has the luck to fall in front of Hutchinson.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 39 min: Good news from Freiburg \u2013 if you are a Freiburg fan \u2013 they are 2-0 up Braga and now lead on aggregate.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 38 min: Villa want more. McGinn sets up Watkins, whose shot is fierce and fisted out to Rogers, whose shot lacks composure.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min: That was beautiful skill from Buendia, dragging players to him, and when he takes his time it opens up Forest\u2019s defence. What a noise greeted that goal. Game on!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Watkins, 36)<\/p>\n Villa keep the pressure up, piling forward, Buendia gets to the byline, delays a beat and then slides it across for Watkins to smash in.<\/p>\n Ollie Watkins scores! Photograph: Lee Smith\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.43 EDT<\/p>\n 34 min: Tielemans is set up as Villa press the ball clear, Watkins playing him into space but it\u2019s dragged wide. That was a waste; it was Tielemans territory.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 32 min: Feels like a while since Forest had an attack but here they come. McAtee\u2019s been very active, and lays up Dominguez after a Chris Wood flick. The ball goes into the Holte End.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 30 min: Watkins is stitched up and bandaged, and back playing. Is that wise? It\u2019s a debate that continues. We presume concussion protocol was carried out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 28 min: Alistair McCoist wants that to be a penalty. To be fair to the great man, it did resemble a \u201cGlasgow kiss\u201d but it won\u2019t be given against Morata.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 26 min: Another game, another clash of heads. Feels like we see this every week. Watkins and Morato climb, and the Villa striker takes a nasty one. Looks nasty.<\/p>\n Ooof. Morato and Ollie Watkins clash heads. Photograph: Nick Potts\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.34 EDT<\/p>\n 24 min: Good news from Selhurst, to use the commentator\u2019s tick of thinking we should all support every English team in Europe: Crystal Palace are 1-0 up on Shakhtar and now 4-1 up, and on their way to Leipzig.<\/p>\n