Ben Fisher was at the Wankdorf tonight. Here’s his report. Thanks for reading this MBM.

That was a comprehensive victory for Aston Villa. They weathered an early storm, thanks to some typically confident goalkeeping from Emiliano Martínez, then once they found their feet on the plastic pitch, took control. Youri Tielemans opened the scoring with a glorious strike at a cleverly worked corner, Jacob Ramsey pounced on a Young Boys error to make it two, Ollie Watkins had a goal preposterously ruled out for a non-existent handball, Jhon Duran also had one chalked off for handball, albeit more understandably, though the finish was exquisite, and Amadou Onana rounded things off with a late forensic strike. An almost perfect return to the big time after a 41-year wait, with the only slight worry being the ice-pack that was applied to Watkins’ achilles as he left the field of play. Welcome back, Villa!

The other early kick-off this evening has ended Juventus 3-1 PSV Eindhoven. All of which means Aston Villa are currently top of the League Stage of the Champions League! Yes, yes, we know, but nevertheless this is factually correct, and we’re pretty sure Villa fans won’t mind us pointing it out.

FULL TIME: Young Boys 0-3 Aston Villa

90 min +5: Villa run the clock down. It’s been a very impressive performance by Unai Emery’s side. The man knows a thing or two about European competition.

90 min +3: The second disallowed Villa goal was fair enough, mind. The Watkins fiasco, not so much.

90 min +1: Duran’s shot hits Camara and pings off his hip. VAR checks for a penalty for some reason. Thankfully for fans of common sense, it’s not given. Some of these handball incidents tonight have, one way and another, been farcical.

90 min: There will be six minutes of additional time.

89 min: Unai Emery is fuming, because apparently the official put up the wrong number on his board and Villa have substituted the wrong player!

88 min: Emiliano Buendía, Ross Barkley and Ian Maatsen come on for Jacob Ramsey, Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne. Maatsen’s last Champions League appearance: this year’s final for Borussia Dortmund.

GOAL! Young Boys 0-3 Aston Villa (Onana 86)

85 min: Ramsey crosses low from the left. Rogers flips a first-time shot goalwards, but it’s saved. Young Boys counter through Itten down the left. Itten’s eased off the ball by Diego Carlos. Brilliant defending.

83 min: Cédric Itten and Darian Males come on for Silvère Ganvoula and Joel Monteiro.

82 min: Ganvoula competes for a high ball in the Villa box. He goes to ground, with Diego Carlos wrestling him from behind. Another referee might give the penalty, even though it would be terribly soft … but not this one. Nor the VAR. The Young Boys faithful not happy.

81 min: Monteiro was also booked for taking umbrage at Duran’s antics.

NO GOAL: Young Boys 0-2 Aston Villa

79 min: This might not count, though, because the ball pinged off Onana’s hand earlier in the move. VAR sends the referee to the screen.

GOAL! Young Boys 0-3 Aston Villa (Duran 78)

76 min: Martinez irritates Ganvoula with a “friendly” pat on the cheek. Left upper. Just because. The Villa keeper knows which buttons to press.

74 min: Another Young Boys shot, fired straight at Martinez by Ugrinic. Easy for the keeper, but Villa are offering the hosts a little encouragement here. And a goal would change everything.

72 min: Carlos carelessly loses possession on the edge of his own box, giving Ganvoula the opportunity to curl a powerful shot towards the bottom right. Martinez, who has had very little to do for the last hour or so, gets down well to save.

70 min: Both Villa players are thankfully good to continue. “The Crossroads theme tune was good enough to be covered by Paul McCartney and Wings,” recalls Ian Burch. “A shame that Noele Gordon or Paul Henry didn’t appear with James Coburn, Christopher Lee, Clement Freud and others on the album cover for Band on the Run.” No pedants pointing out Macca’s cover was on Venus and Mars, please. Creative licence, as we say.

68 min: … a game of pinball breaks out. Young Boys eventually clear their lines, then the Villa doctor is required for both Ramsey and Onana, the former having had his foot stood on by Ganvoula, the latter taking a whack upside the head from Ugrinic. All accidental, but it’ll hurt.

67 min: Some news of Ollie Watkins, who has an ice-pack pressed to his achilles. Meanwhile Onana and Duran combine down the left to win another Villa corner. From which …

65 min: Digne pulls back a cross from the left. McGinn, in space just inside the box on the right, should shoot first time but takes an unnecessary extra touch. His eventual shot is blocked, but the ball breaks to Ramsey, whose rising screamer from the edge of the box is tipped over by Von Ballmoos. That’s a wonderful strike with a save to match, and nothing comes of the resulting corner, other than another corner, from which, er, nothing comes.

63 min: Alan Virginius and Abdu Conté come on for Jaouen Hadjam and Ebrima Colley. Meanwhile Peter Oh just wants to have more Lauper-related fun: “Money Changes Everything. It oughta be the anthem for this new-fangled format.”

61 min: McGinn ships possession and Ganvoula drives down the left to win a corner. Ugrinic sends it to the far post, a dangerous ball, but Camara can’t meet it and it sails out for a goal kick.

60 min: Watkins makes way for Jhon Duran.

59 min: Tielemans has another dig from distance. Straight at the keeper.

58 min: Ramsey and Rogers combine crisply down the left to release Digne into the box. Digne prepares to meet the pass and shoot but Camara comes across and bashes the ball away.

56 min: Hadjam tries to release Elia down the inside-left channel, but once again Konsa patrols his patch diligently.

54 min: Another Young Boy goes into the book, Elia clumsily air-kicking at a ball and catching Tielemans instead. Tielemans takes the free kick himself, and sends an ambitious effort from 30 yards towards the top-left corner. Too high, and Von Ballmoos probably had it covered anyway.

53 min: Hadjam floats a clever ball down the inside-left channel in the hope of releasing Ganvoula. Konsa does extremely well to read the danger and eyebrow the ball back to his keeper. Had he not done so, Ganvoula was in.

51 min: Rogers kicks the ball against Ugrinic’s arm from close range and it’s a free kick for Villa. Not sure what poor Ugrinic could have done there. The officials are all over the shop with their handball decisions tonight. Thankfully for all interested in justice, nothing comes of this set piece either.

50 min: Rogers lashes a wild long-distance shot over the bar. Undeterred, he comes at Young Boys again, winning a corner with a determined run down the left. No set-piece trickery this time, and nothing to report.

48 min: Otherwise, a scrappy start to the second half, both teams losing the ball time after time. I’ll stop now.

46 min: Lauper extends a leg for a loose ball and clips Onana on the foot. He goes into the book, yellow the true colour.

Villa get the second half started. They’ve made one change, swapping out Lamare Bogarde for Diego Carlos. Young Boys have also made a half-time sub, replacing the booked Cheikh Niasse with Meschack Elia.

Half-time postbag. “How on earth do they screw that up on a replay? From the front angle, that couldn’t more obviously come off Watkins’ chest. Ah, at least everything’s more accurate now, eh?” – James Humphries

“Most Scots know Jocky Wilson was from Kirkcaldy. However Austin McPhee was born in Kirkcaldy, too. As was Ken McNaught and Andy Blair, who both played the night Villa beat Barcelona to win the Super Cup. I was also born there however it’s unlikely most Scots would know this” – Tony Hughes

“Is Austin MacPhee the greatest MacPhee to work in Birmingham since Shughie MacPhee?” – Chris Drew (who probably knows full well Shughie’s surname was McFee, but here’s to creative licence, and in any case it gives us an excuse to play this absolute banger of a theme tune)

HALF TIME: Young Boys 0-2 Aston Villa

45 min +3: “Nice to see Ramsey pay tribute to Peter Withe, by almost putting wide the easiest of chances,” quips Kári Tulinius. “Withe got stick about almost missing from his teammates, and he replied that he’d just been playing a one-two with the post.”

45 min +1: The first of four additional minutes passes. That ridiculous VAR decision hasn’t dampened the spirits of the Villa faithful, who are belting out their songbook.

NO GOAL: Young Boys 0-2 Aston Villa

GOAL! Young Boys 0-3 Aston Villa (Watkins 43)

41 min: Young Boys are all over the shop now. Rogers advances down the right and slips in Watkins, who can’t force a shot into the bottom left, or bottom right. Both efforts are blocked, the former by Athekame, who catches the ball at full pelt from close range with the contents of his trousers. Ooyah, oof, that’s gotta hurt, etc. The poor lad rolls around holding his fruit bowl and screaming in agony. On come the medics, but hey, at least it’s not 0-3.

GOAL! Young Boys 0-2 Aston Villa (Ramsey 38)

37 min: Ramsey pearls a low drive towards the bottom right. Von Ballmoos in the Young Boys goal claims well. After soaking up a lot of early Young Boys pressure, Villa have now wrested control. A second goal seems only a matter of time.

36 min: McGinn plays a lovely first-time pass down the left channel for Rogers, who is through on goal! He’s entitled to shoot, but tries to find Watkins in the middle, allowing Zoukrou to intercept and clear. Huge chance spurned.

35 min: Yes, though it doesn’t pay dividend this time. Digne again takes it short to McGinn, but this time gets the ball back and crosses himself. The ball ends up at the feet of Bogarde, who can’t get a shot away. Austin MacPhee’s imagination running riot.