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Unai Emery expressed his thoughts on the constant development of Aston Villa. The Villans achieved Champions League football for the second time in the last three seasons thanks to another fourth placed finish in the Premier League. On top of that, they also ended their 30-year trophy drought, defeating Freiburg 3-0 with a professional performance in the Europa League final. ·'We are doing our way' The Basque boss is well-versed in the art of achieving success in continental competition, having won three successive Europa League titles between 2014 and 2016 with Sevilla before earning a fourth with Villarreal in 2021. With his fifth in the bag, he now seeks a first Super Cup crown after three defeats in the fixture against Real Madrid in 2014, Barcelona in 2015 and Chelsea in 2021. "I am so happy how the club is getting the commitment together with us, and how we are getting better, keeping our consistency in the Premier League, being in top five, last year top six, but two years ago, and this year fourth, and how we finished the first year as well playing in Conference League, this is the objective we have, how we can, with the circumstances we have, be consistent. "And it's not changing, but the effort (we are) doing, the club, is really a huge effort to try to be in the same direction like I am trying to be. And they are trying to extend now, Villa Park, to achieve 50,000 supporters next year. This is one step forward, the club as well, is trying to do. "We are increasing our budget, through good results on the pitch, through good results sometimes selling some players, and being consistent like we are, and as well, expecting a high level like we are more or less keeping it. "Progressively, we are doing our way, and one thing I appreciate a lot is to be happy the way we are doing, and don't compare with other teams and other clubs, because some clubs, they are over us, and some, they are under us. "Keep going, keep being resilient in the bad moments, like we showed last year, and we achieved it at the end, the objective, after a very difficult season, and in August was a very difficult moment we had. "And now, we are doing changes, yes, but we are working well, and I am happy how we are responding, how we are as well, trying to build the team. ·Facing PSG in the Super Cup "Of course, [on Wednesday] we are not going to be on the pitch in our best moment, but as well, for PSG, because I played three times, the Super Cup, and more or less, all the matches we played starting the Super Cup in August were similar. And tomorrow, we are going to compete. "Tomorrow, we are preparing this game with the players we started, even some young players, four weeks ago, and tomorrow, I expect to compete, and to try to face them with our capacity, and our possibilities, as well, to beat them. Of course they are favourites. ·A career built on experience "My experience as a coach is progressively trying to get better. And when I started abroad in Moscow, it was my first place away, different country, different league. "Of course, it was something I learned a lot there, but I was not successful. I spent there six months, and after it, I tried to use again when I was leaving from Spain, after Seville, to coach PSG, trying to use all my experiences, to try to get better. In Paris, I spent two years. I was happy, we were very demanding. We achieved trophies, we didn't achieve in Champions League, our objectives. "And after it, Arsenal was another experience. Of course, as well, I was not feeling completely successful, but the year we spent there working, I think we did a good year, a good season. "And then, my next opportunity I had to be here with Aston Villa, I tried again to use my own experiences, everything I learned to try to get better. "And here we are, since I arrived here, four years more or less, and of course I am so, so happy how we are responding, how the players are responding, how the club, how the supporters, how we are building everything, how we are trying to develop, getting better, all the things we can have. "Of course, everything is on the pitch, and the result, the consequences, after everything we are doing, and everything I learned with the players, we are here, playing the Super Cup final, because we have won the Europa League. "I am feeling comfortable, happy, demanding, even more than the last years. The places where they followed us, everything we are trying to set in our standards, in our everyday, how we want to beat our mentality. This is the reason we are here: I'm thankful for the players, for John McGinn, because he was (here) at the beginning, and he knows as well how we did the way, but we want more."