Europavision: Aston Villa v Club Brugge Champions League Preview
Aston Villa open their Champions League league phase away at Club Brugge, a fixture Villa know well from their run to the competition two seasons ago and a genuine litmus test after an underwhelming start to the Premier League season. Europa Vision — the My Old Man Said podcast show’s dedicated European show returns to preview the tricky test.
This show covers Bruges’s recent record as one of European football’s most consistent Champions League “gatekeepers,” their recent summer transfer business, a rebuilt attack led by a new-look front three, and the kind of two-way trading model that’s kept them competitive on a fraction of the budget of the big boys of Europe.
There’s also focus on the surprise omission from the Champions League squad of both Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Brian Madjo, and why it’s not a straightforward story.
We look at Villa’s likely lineup, with João Gomes available, the case for and against throwing in some of the summer’s more attacking new faces, and where the result fits into a season still waiting for its first properly convincing performance.
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David Michael – @myoldmansaid
Armen Mirzoian – @VillanArmen