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Prince William relishes 'making really important memories' at Aston Villa game

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Prince William revealed he wanted Prince George to experience 'a big away night in Europe' as the royals attended Aston Villa's Champions League quarter-final against PSG.

The Prince of Wales joined TNT Sports pundits Rio Ferdinand and Ally McCoist ahead of the first leg at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

Prince William has been seen watching Aston Villa throughout their Champions League run and was invited to the quarter-final first leg by PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.

He confirmed Prince George was also in attendance for the crunch match and explained how the tie would help to create 'special memories'.

'I'm not sure how many Villa fans there will be but they will make themselves well know,' Prince William said.

'I have got my son here too so I am on best behaviour but 43 years since this has happened and I want George to experience a night out in a big competition, those memories are really important to create and bringing him away is important.

'I am open to who they support, I am bias but they come to games with Villa so it will likely be Villa, but I have left the other two at home probably watching on TV. We will see who they support.'

Prince William, who also serves as the FA president, predicted Unai Emery's side would secure a 2-1 victory in the first leg to boost their hopes of reaching the semi-finals.

He, however, admitted to being 'pretty terrified' ahead of facing the French champions with PSG having impressed throughout the Champions League to date.

'It has been a while coming so it is a big game, 43 years since this happened, but I am confident and excited by the prospect,' he told TNT Sports. 'I am wearing all my clothes and bits and pieces and have done my routines.

'We all saw the Liverpool game and PSG’s intensity, they were unbelievable first leg and they pressed high so it is about managing the press, Unai likes it when they come onto them but there is a limit, I am thinking long ball a bit and how they get around the high press.

'Not having [Kylian] Mbappe there, the PSG guys have spoken about not having the superstars. They are a young team and I was impressed against Liverpool, I have been really impressed by Vitinha, could hardly get a game at Wolves and now look, a couple of years in development terms Is massive.

'I do think villa can cause trouble tonight. We are so lucky to have a manager of Unai’s quality. He is an absolute gentleman, runs the club and looks after the players, he is such a tactician,

'I try and get some nuggets from him but he is very dialled in. I watched training once and he was moving players a centimetre left and right, that is a man who cares about the little details and it rubs off on the players, he injects a real sense of confidence.'