The comeback. Unai Emery knows this word better than anyone. But rather than endure it in one match, with the bad memory of March 8, 2017 in Barcelona, the former PSG coach decided to lead it himself at Aston Villa over a whole year. The Spanish technician led the Villans, on the brink of relegation upon his arrival at the end of 2022 before the World Cup, to the very top of the Premier League.
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A comeback started from his first outings on the bench in November 2022. Forgotten the overly ambitious 4-3-3 of Steven Gerrard, Emery simplifies the Villans’ game into 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1 with the same effective, for impressive results.
