EMI MARTINEZ could not control his joy at the end of Aston Villa’s 3-0 Europa League final triumph over Freiburg.

The Argentine goalkeeper broke down in tears at the final whistle as he dropped to his knees with his head in his hands on the floor.

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Emi Martinez could not hold back the tears at the final whistle

Martinez made sure to jump into the crowd in Turkey

The Aston Villa players stayed on the pitch celebrating their major milestone

Martinez could have been embracing family members

As the jubilant scenes set in, Martinez erupted with emotion and joined the euphoric Villa fans in the stands.

As you’d imagine, fellow team-mates were all overjoyed on the pitch as the Midland club secured their spot in the Champions League next season.

Martinez has now been with the club for six years and this is the first honour he has secured in his tenure.

For Martinez, his emotion is quite understandable.

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At the end of last season, the 33-year-old was in floods of tears believing he had played his final game for the club amid claims he was going to move on in the summer.

Of course, he ended up staying and has now played his part in leading Villa to European glory for the first time since the 1980s.

Unai Emery‘s men put in a dominant display to secure the trophy in Istanbul.

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The Aston Villa players thoroughly enjoyed themselves and rightly so

Youri Tielemans helped lead the celebrations

Youri Tielemans scored a wonderfully worked volley to open the scoring after around 40 minutes and Villa never looked back.

Brimming with confidence, Emi Buendia then scored a world-class left-footed curler into the top corner with the last kick of the half.

Morgan Rogers then wrapped up the victory with a goal just before the hour as their German foes never really looked like getting back into the game.