Overview
- Freiburg finished the quarter-final in Vigo on Thursday with a 3-1 win, as Igor Matanović opened the scoring and Yuito Suzuki added two.
- The 6-1 aggregate sends the Bundesliga club to its first ever semi-final in European competition.
- Freiburg faces Portugal's Braga in the Europa League semi-finals, with legs on April 30 and May 7 and the final in Istanbul on May 20.
- Aston Villa will play Nottingham Forest in the other semi-final after both advanced from their quarter-finals.
- The run blends a tight defense that has allowed seven goals in 12 Europa matches with a burst of 11 goals across the last three.