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Post by bluetornados on Apr 12, 2024 11:41:15 GMT
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Thursday 11th April 2024 - Europa Conference League - Quarter Final - 1st Legs - Result
Aston Villa 2 (Watkins 13, McGinn 56) Lille 1 (Diakite 84)
ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/800/cpsprodpb/832E/production/_133128533_gettyimages-2148309714.jpg Ollie Watkins opened the scoring as Aston Villa won the first leg of their Europa Conference leg quarter-final tie against Lille
Report By Marissa Thomas, BBC Sport.Goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn gave Aston Villa a narrow first-leg lead over Lille in their Europa Conference League quarter-final as Unai Emery marked his 1,000th game as a manager. Watkins scored in the 13th minute, left unmarked in the box to head in from a McGinn corner. Leon Bailey then played the ball to McGinn from a corner and he doubled the lead with a fierce strike into the bottom corner in the 56th minute. With six minutes remaining, Lille got a goal back as Bafode Diakite flicked in a header from Angel Gomes' cross. Trailing 2-0, Lille thought they had got back into the game in the 67th minute but Gabriel Gudmundsson's finish at the back post was ruled out for offside after a lengthy review. Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was in inspired form, denying Gudmundsson from a tight angle and getting down low to save Jonathan David's effort on goal. In stoppage time, Lille substitute Yusuf Yazici curled just wide of the top corner as Villa endured a nervy end to the game, having been in control for the majority of the contest. The second leg takes place next Thursday at 5.45pm as Lille look to overturn the one-goal deficit at Stade Pierre Mauroy. ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/800/cpsprodpb/11F6E/production/_133128537_gettyimages-2148319185.jpgVilla boss Unai Emery recorded an impressive victory in his 1,000th game as a manager
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 18, 2024 20:16:17 GMT
Thursday 18th April 2024 - Europa Conference League - Quarter Final - 2nd Leg - Result
Lille 2 (Yazichi 15, Andre 67) Aston Villa 1 (Cash 87) - Agg:3-3 & AET
Aston Villa win 4-3 on penalties
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ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/800/cpsprodpb/10A2A/production/_133183186_head.png This was Aston Villa's 12th game in the Europa Conference League this season
Report By Neil Johnston, BBC Sport.Aston Villa reached their first major European semi-final since 1982 with a chaotic victory on penalties over Lille in the Europa Conference League. In an extraordinary shootout after the tie ended 3-3 on aggregate after extra time, Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez - who had been booked earlier for time-wasting - was shown another yellow card for appearing to gesture to home fans. Martinez, who had already kept out Nabil Bentaleb's attempt, was allowed to carry on as his initial booking was not carried over into the shootout. The Argentina World Cup winner then went on to keep out Benjamin Andre's attempt as Villa won 4-3 on penalties to advance to the last four. Martinez then ran virtually the whole length of the pitch to celebrate in front of Villa's jubilant 2,600 travelling fans. Earlier in the shootout, Ollie Watkins was made to wait to take his penalty as there were two balls on the pitch before the England forward stepped up to score. On a dramatic night in northern France, Unai Emery's side were three minutes from going out after goals by Yusuf Yazici and Benjamin Andre wiped out Villa's 2-1 advantage from the first leg. But Matty Cash's 87th-minute deflected strike - after goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier had dropped a cross - made it 3-3 on aggregate and forced extra time which did not produce any further goals leaving the tie to be decided by penalties. ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/594/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/4/18/05449ac3-92ac-43f2-a2df-05e83a891071.jpgichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/2936/live/d8d899f0-fe1b-11ee-a9f7-4d961743aa47.jpgWe asked you for your thoughts on Aston Villa's Europa Conference League quarter-final win over Lille.
Here are some of your comments:
Greg: We didn't do that the easy way, did we?! Credit to Lille, it was a fantastic two-legged tie! I learnt something new with the yellow card carryover, but is there anyone else you would take in goal over Martinez in a penalty shootout? Love him or hate him, the man is a wall. Gareth: Villa were punished for conceding last week. Lille are a brilliant team and we did amazingly well to keep ourselves in the game and get the goal. Like Manchester City, the better team were knocked out. But games like this are decided by fine margins and there is nobody better to get us over the line than the one and only, the true saviour, Emi Martinez! Josh: What an awful game for Villa. We didn't turn up until we went 2-0 down. Diaby was pointless and Watkins was anonymous. So disappointing. Thankfully someone stepped up and we got lucky. Claude: As a Lille fan, I was so disappointed that we had the goal and conceded so late. Lille didn't defend enough and didn't make the most of their chances. Matt: A magnificent season for the football club. It is truly satisfying to see brilliant back-to-back results in high pressure games against Arsenal and Lille, when it mattered most. Emery, the staff and the players have the fans bursting with pride. We are on the cusp of achieving something great. Keep it going lads.
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 18, 2024 20:22:26 GMT
Thursday 18th April 2024 - Europa Conference League - Quarter Final - 2nd Leg - Result
Fiorentina 2 (Gonzalez 92, Biraghi 108) Viktoria Plzen 0 (Lopez Cruz 67 sent off) AET - Agg:2-0
Thursday 18th April 2024 - Europa Conference League - Quarter Final - 2nd Leg - Result
PAOK Salonika 0 Club Bruges 2 (Jutgla 33, 45) - Agg: 0-3 Thursday 18th April 2024 - Europa Conference League - Quarter Final - 2nd Leg - Result
Fenerbahçe 1 (Kahveci 11) Olympiakos 0 - Agg: 3-3 & AET
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