PRINCE WILLIAM rushed onto social media to celebrate Aston Villa’s Europa League glory – and reserved special praise for a star who was ruled out of the showdown through injury.
Wills, 43, jetted out to Istanbul to watch the Midlands giants end their 44-year wait for continental silverware by thumping Freiburg 3-0.
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Prince William celebrated wildly as Aston Villa ended their wait for silverware Credit: Getty
The royal praised Boubacar Kamara (second from right) in a social media post Credit: Getty
And the Villa-mad royal was spotted getting emotional before jumping at the chance to hold the Europa League trophy with chief Unai Emery.
The Prince then headed onto X to send congratulations to his heroes after a memorable night in the club’s history.
He bizarrely paid tribute to midfielder Boubacar Kamara, who has been out of action since January.
In the social media post, William wrote: “Amazing night!! Huge congratulations to all the players, team, staff and everyone connected to the club! Forty-four years since the last taste of European silverware!
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“Special shout out to Boubacar Kamara who has been out injured but is such an integral part of our team and helped lay the foundations of this success.”
Kamara, 26, has not been involved since suffering a worrying knee injury in Villa’s FA Cup third round win at Tottenham.
But the Villans still managed to get themselves over the line in the midfielder’s absence.
Villa put themselves in the box seat to add to their trophy cabinet after screamers from Youri Tielemans and Emiliano Buendia late in the first half.
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William jetted out to Istanbul to support his heroes Credit: Getty
And Morgan Rogers ended Freiburg’s hopes of mounting a stunning comeback by adding his name to the scoresheet after the break.
It came after the Prince shared a passionate good luck message on Instagram before the clash got underway in Turkey.
He was seen punching the air in delight after each of Villa’s strikes as he cheered them on to victory.
William started supporting the newly-crowned Europa League winners during his school days.
With most of his classmates supporting sides challenging for regular honours, he wanted to stand out from the crowd and back a side that would take him through the emotions.
And he can now expect another chance to watch his beloved club in the Champions League next season, having sealed qualification by seeing off Freiburg.
