Unparalleled beginning of Aston Villa in the league stage of the Champions League, a competition the Villains, a Championship team (English Second Division) in 2019, have not played in for 41 years. After winning their duels against Boys (3-0) and Bayern Munich (1-0), that of Unai Emery they passed the Bologna (2-0) and rose, alone, to lead a Champions League which they won in 1982.
Its captain, the iconic McGinnand the fashionable man in Birmingham, the Colombian John Duranthey decided on a frenetic match, where the Vincenzo Italianorelief of Thiago Motta on the ‘rossoblù’ bench, they went from more to less.
Draw’s Lock
They began to command, with up to three missed chances in the first minutes. Two of them, well destroyed by one Draw Martínez who have not yet suited up in this Champions League. On the local side they are certain Duran and McGinnat the end of the scorers, the first to bring danger, which is also accurate between the sticks Skorupski.
Already installed in the rival area, the English decided after passing through the locker room: Bailey warned and McGinnwith a free kick that nobody touched, and Duranwaiting for his countryman It’s funny within a small area, they completed the entire group of a Villa that, since the arrival of the Emeryyou have a license to dream.
match lineup
23
4
22
8
3
14
31
24
9
27
7
1
3
22
8
31
26
82
80
24
7
11
Villa Park
Lukasz Skorupski1
Stefan Posch3
44′
Charalampos Lykogiannis22
46′
77′
Remo Freuler8
52′
Sam Beukema31
John Lucumi26
64′
Kacper Urbanski82
65′
45′
Giovanni Fabbiano80
63′
64′
Thijs Dallinga24
65′
Riccardo Orsolini7
18′
45′
54′
64′
Dan Ndoye11
76′
Replacements
Nicola Bagnolini23
Federico Ravaglia34
Emil Holm2
Nicolò Casale15
Tommaso Corazza16
Juan Miranda33
45′
48′
Nikola Moro6
65′
Tommaso Pobega18
64′
Santiago Castro9
65′
77′
Samuel Iling-Junior14
76′
64′
Jens Odgaard21
45′
64′
coach
Unai Emery
Vincenzo Italiano
Source: La Verdad
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