Aston Villa have waited over four decades for this day. For everyone involved, particularly the lucky few thousand who made it out to Switzerland to see their team compete in Europe’s premier club competition once more,

Juventus missed one season. Aston Villa hadn’t competed in 41 years. Both sides hardly missed a beat in their Champions League returns on Tuesday in the debut of the competition’s new format. The 19-year-old Kenan Yildiz broke Alessandro Del Piero’s record and became Juventus’ youngest scorer in Europe’s top club competition during a 3-1 win over PSV Eindhoven.

BERN, Switzerland (Reuters) -Aston Villa made an impressive return to Europe's elite as they began their Champions League campaign with an accomplished 3-0 victory away to Swiss club Young Boys on Tuesday.

MBM: Villa’s first game in Europe’s premier competition for 41 years ended in comprehensive victory. Scott Murray was watching

Youri Tielemans, Jacob Ramsey and Amadou Onana all on target against Swiss side, but Ollie Watkins suffers injury scare

Following the tragic passing of Gary Shaw on Monday, Aston Villa delivered a performance the former striker and his fellow 1982 European Cup winners would have been proud of in Switzerland. Playing their first match at this level in 42 years,