Emery is excited by Wembley Trip

Unai Emery unites the unique “Sham” opportunity for Wembley when Aston Villa leads the FA Cup semi -finals against Crystal Palace tomorrow.

Villa has not won the FA Cup since 1957, but it can take an important step towards completing this drought by seeing the palace and establishing a final conflict with Manchester City or Nottingham Forest.

The Cup victory will be another important step forward for Villa, who also returned to play in the Champions League under Emery.

🗣 Unai on our opponents tomorrow: “They are a team that plays great football, and I respect this coach because he is a winning coach.”

Read a preview of the president’s match below ⬇

Aston Villa (Avfcofficial) April 25, 2025

The FA Cup still holds a special appeal

The Spanish, who is highly experienced from all over Europe, has been able to say that he is still fascinated by the FA Cup.

He said: “I am a coach, I love and love my profession, my work. For the smell of good stadiums, good stadiums, I love them. Tomorrow I will enjoy them.

“Of course, I have a great responsibility in trying to respond well with the players. But I am really excited to play in games like tomorrow and the possibility of getting tomorrow in the FA Cup and something special when you share it with your supporters because I know that supporters are a special thing.”

The defeat of the last Tuesday night in Manchester City put a blogging in the hopes of rehabilitating the Champions League Villa, but Emery insists that they will continue to fight on both fronts to achieve their goals.

“When you start the season, you try to set some goals at the end of the season through four competitions – the Premier League, the Champions League or Europe, the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup,” he added.

Of course, we are still in two competitions, the Premier League because it is 38 games and the FA Cup.

“We focus on every match in each competition, and we are trying to get our best. And to be in Europe is our clear goal. The first way to reach Europe is during the Premier League. But by getting the cup in the FA Cup, you can also play in the European League.

“This is the second goal that we can face in the competition. Now we can only choose one competition. We choose both competitions strongly because we have two ways for our goal.”

FA Cup Preparatory ✅ pic.twitter.com/wqj9My7dph

Aston Villa (Avfcofficial) April 25, 2025

Emery praise for Crystal Palace and Boss Glasner

Palace is another aspect located in an upward path and Emery is a fan of South London and their coach Oliver Glasner, especially after they were crushed in the Premier League 4-1 in February.

“We always respect them,” Emery said. “But they are doing a great performance against us. We will try to determine our ability to control the match, impose our situation, our group with the players, and our individual bosses. They are a team that plays great football, and wonderful football,” Emery said.

“I respect this coach because he is a winning coach. He won the European League and his experiences here in England with Crystal Palace this year was really great. He reaches the semi -finals and is a good performance.

“Sometimes the result is not better in the league, but they perform well.