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Unai Emery has urged his Aston Villa side to win their opening Champions League match in memory of European Cup winner Gary Shaw. Villa’s return to the top table of European football for the first time in 41 years has been tinged with sadness after former striker Shaw died on Monday at the age of 63. Shaw was a member of the Villa side that won European Cup in 1982 and with Villa making a debut in the present-day Champions League in Switzerland on Tuesday, Emery wants to pay the perfect tribute.
A club statement read: “Aston Villa Football Club is deeply shocked and profoundly saddened to learn that Gary Shaw, one of our European Cup-winning heroes, has passed away. “Gary was one of our own, a talented striker who delighted supporters with his goalscoring exploits which helped fire Villa to success in the 1980s. Individual accolades would also follow for a player who was idolised by many on the terraces.
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