Aston Villa ended their 30-year trophy drought in style as spectacular goals from Youri Tielemans and Emiliano Buendia inspired a 3-0 win against Freiburg in the Europa League final

Freiburg have never won a major trophy in the club's 121-year history, nor have they qualified for the Champions League.

Aston Villa are taking inspiration from the club's former European champions as they seek to end their 30-year trophy drought in the Europa League final against Freiburg on Wednesday.

It's Aston Villa's first major European final since it triumphed over Bayern Munich in the European Cup in 1982.

Braga will take a slender advantage to Germany for the return leg of their Europa League semi-final after Mario Dorgeles scored in injury-time to give the hosts a 2-1 win over Freiburg in the first leg.

In the final in Berlin on May 23, Stuttgart will now aim to foil a Bayern Munich domestic double, which could become a treble if Vincent Kompany's team wins the Champions League too.

Bayern Munich came from two goals down in the last 10 minutes to win 3-2 at Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday, ahead of their Champions League quarter-final first leg at Real Madrid.

SC Freiburg booked its place in the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) semi-finals after edging Hertha BSC 6-5 on penalties following a 1-1 draw after extra time on Tuesday.

Borussia Dortmund missed a chance to climb to second in the Bundesliga, conceding an equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Freiburg on Sunday after Jobe Bellingham saw red.

Bayern, which would have remained top even with a loss, matched its 52-year-old record of 43 consecutive rounds atop the league.

Michael Olise scored twice and set up three more goals as Bayern Munich came from two down to beat Freiburg 6-2 at home in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Harry Kane scored as Bayern Munich won 2-1 at Freiburg on Saturday to move six points clear of Bayer Leverkusen, who threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at RB Leipzig.

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane will hope to overcome a slump in front of goal when his side travel to face Freiburg on Saturday.

The gap at the top of the Bundesliga table is down to four points between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen.

Union Berlin goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow saved a first-half penalty in a scoreless home draw against Freiburg in the German capital on Friday.

Bayern face Freiburg, who have won only once in 17 previous meetings.

Florian Wirtz scored after 84 seconds as Bayer Leverkusen made it 38 games unbeaten in all competitions with a 3-2 victory in Freiburg on Sunday.

Bayern Munich were held to a 2-2 draw at Freiburg on Friday, an 87th-minute equaliser from Lucas Hoeler giving leaders Bayer Leverkusen a chance to go 10 points clear.