Europa League: Aina fires up Forest crowd ahead Villa showdown

Ola Aina has challenged Nottingham Forest’s fans to crank up the noise ahead of their Europa League semi-final tie against Aston Villa.

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Vítor Pereira’s side will host their fellow Premier League side in the first leg at the City Ground on Thursday evening.

The Tricky Trees will be desperate to record a comfortable lead in the first leg to make the reverse fixture a mere formality.

Aina believed the fans have a role to play in helping the players achieve their objective.

“They’ll help us a lot, we need them to crank it up for us and we need to hear them throughout the whole game because they do drive us forward a lot,” Aina told the club’s official website.

Nottingham Forest last won a European trophy in 1980.