Villa Make European Quarter-finals for Third Successive Year
Villa’s 2-0 win over Lille at Villa Park in the Europa League, sent them through to their third straight European quarter-finals. Now the season’s end game begins in earnest.
A controlled first half, a second half that finally came to life, and two goals that sent Aston Villa into the Europa League quarter-finals 3-0 on aggregate. Martinez’s pinpoint clearance, Sancho’s backheel, and McGinn’s composed finish, the elements of a great opener, before Leon Bailey finished the tie off.
The My Old Man Said podcast looks back at the Villa Park conclusion to the Lille two-legged Europa League tie — including a first half at Villa Park so deliberately passive that even those in the ground were losing the will to watch — and discuss the highlights of a much improved second half performance.
There is also a look at the quarter-final opponents, Bologna. As well as who could await ahead, Porto, currently crushing the Portuguese league, having won 22 of 26 games, and perhaps the most dangerous side left in the competition. Nottingham Forest face them in the other quarter-final on Villa’s side of the draw.
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Elsewhere: there’s talk of croissant mutations, the Premier League £30 away ticket cap being extended, the Bologna quarter-final pricing that brought on a familiar fury, Lindelof’s Batman mask and the case for him being the signing of the season, and a tifo poem that nobody is claiming authorship of.
It’s West Ham up next, with an international break following straight after. Then the final chapter of a twin-prong attack for Champions League football begins in earnest.Â
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