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Game #4666

Aston Villa

Saturday, 14 July 2001

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Intertoto Cup 3rd Round

NK Slaven Koprivnica

Gradski Stadion, Koprivnica

Attendance: 3,000

🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

NK Slaven Koprivnica

2-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 July 2001

🕒 | HT NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 52’ Sub off, Dion Dublin, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-1, (NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica), Pavo Crnac
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, David Ginola
🟨 | 74’ Booking, Alan Wright
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Steve Stone, Sub on, Jlloyd Samuel
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 1-1, David Ginola
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Alpay Özalan
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 1-2, (NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica), Goran Gersak
🕒 | FT NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 July 2001

  • Villa's early start to the season sees them defeated in Croatia but an away goal gives them a lifeline ahead of the second leg at Villa Park.

  • Villa face Slaven Belupo Koprivnica for the first time in competitive football, Slaven become the 144th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 28th continental European opponents and their first from Croatia.

  • A sick John Gregory absents himself from a mid July central European jaunt as an unembellished team with a week's training fall to a last minute winner.

  • Goalkeeper Boaz Myhill, 18, makes his first squad appearance for Villa after coming through the youth ranks.

🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

NK Slaven Koprivnica

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Croatian Football League Champions: ❌
Croation Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

NK Slaven Koprivnica

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FIXTURE HISTORY

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Previous 5 vs. NK Slaven: None

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PREVIOUS MATCH

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SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #157 |
Saturday, 14 July 2001

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🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
*Absent through illness*
Manager: Ross MacLaren (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Edinburgh, 2001
Referee: Massimo De Santis | 🇮🇹 | Lazio, 2000–2006
Kick off: 5.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 156 | 🟩 | 69 🟨 | 41 🟥 46 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Massimo De Santis | 🇮🇹 | Lazio, 2000–2006
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Andrea Consolo | 🇮🇹 | Alessandro Stagnoli | 🇮🇹 |

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Alan Wright
🟨 Alpay Özalan

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Villa start the season in mid July once again and a hand a starting spot to Peter Enckelman in goal.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.81 |

Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.34 |

Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.40 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

MANAGER

John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1998-2002

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Aston Villa

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 | 🟨 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Drazen Besek | 🇭🇷 |

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NK Slaven Koprivnica

GK Ivica Solomun | 🇭🇷 |
LB Hasan Kacic | 🇭🇷 |
CB Pavo Crnac | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CB Stipe Bošnjak | 🇭🇷 |
RB Petar Bošnjak | 🇭🇷 |
M Mario Kovacevic | 🇭🇷 |
M Frane Amižić | 🇭🇷 |
M Damir Muzek | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
M Roy Ferencina | 🇭🇷 |
CF Marijo Dodik | 🇧🇦 |
F Renato Jurcec | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 F Darius Vassell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Dion Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 52’ |
🔁 W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 71’ |
🔁 RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Steve Stone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Pavo Crnac | 🇭🇷 | (CB Zdravko Međimorec | 🇭🇷 |)
🔁 | M Damir Muzek | 🇭🇷 | (F Goran Gersak | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | F Renato Jurcec | 🇭🇷 | (F Miljenko Kovacic | 🇭🇷 |)

Substitutes

🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Boaz Myhill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Jonathan Bewers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Thomas Hitzlsperger | 🇩🇪 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 7/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇭🇷 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇭🇷 : 13/14

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCH QUOTES

“David’s [Ginola] goal got us out of jail. “It rescued us and kept us in the tie. This is two-legged football and it does not matter how you play as long as you go through. “After David scored I thought we would draw 1-1, but to be honest they deserved a 2-1 win.” Paul Merson.
Quotes

🟥 14 July 2001, Villa 1-2 Slaven, Gradski Stadion.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*The Independent*
Monday 16 July 2001

*Ginola’s strike supplies lifeline* Aston Villa’s captain Paul Merson was thankful that a fine strike from David Ginola handed his team an Intertoto Cup third-round lifeline against Slaven Belupo on Saturday. Villa may have slipped to a 2-1 defeat in Croatia, but Ginola’s stunning 30-yard drive that briefly put the team on level terms could prove crucial in Saturday’s second leg at Villa Park. “David’s goal got us out of jail,” said Merson. “It rescued us and kept us in the tie. This is two-legged football and it does not matter how you play as long as you go through. “After David scored I thought we would draw 1-1, but to be honest they deserved a 2-1 win.” The result will have left Villa’s manager John Gregory feeling even worse, after he was unable to make the trip to the Balkans having suffered a bout of food poisoning. Yet it could have been a far bigger winning margin for the home side, who had dominated proceedings in the second half but only goals from Pavo Crnac and Goran Gersak accrued from their 17 shots on target. “The heat played a big part,” admitted Merson. “We have only had a week’s training, but I am not making any excuses. The better team won and we have got to make sure that we are fitter next time.” Villa, bidding to recover quickly from the recent sales of David James to West Ham and Gareth Southgate to Middlesbrough, left their £9.5m record signing Juan Pablo Angel and winger Ginola on the bench. With Gregory on his sick bed, the reserve-team manager Kevin MacDonald and the chief scout Ross MacLaren took charge of affairs.
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