Game #5018
Aston Villa
Thursday, 26 February 2009


Lost
Round of 32
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
UEFA Cup
CSKA Moscow
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 25,650
🟥 26 Feb 2009, Villa 0-2 CSKA, Luzhniki Stadium
CSKA Moscow
2-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 26 Feb 2009, Villa 0-2 CSKA, Luzhniki Stadium


MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 26 February 2009
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Marc Albrighton
🕒 | HT CSKA Moscow 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Moustapha Salifou 🔴, Sub on, Marlon Harewood 🔴
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-1, (CSKA Moscow), Yuriy Zhirkov
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Curtis Davies, Sub on, Isaiah Osbourne
🟨 | 84’ Booking, Barry Bannan
🟨 | 88’ Booking, Marc Albrighton
🥅 | 90’+3 Goal, 0-2, (CSKA Moscow), Vágner Love
🕒 | FT CSKA Moscow 2-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 43%
Possession A | 57%
Shots F | 5
Shots A | 16
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 8
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 16
Fouls A | 14
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 26 Feb 2009, Villa 0-2 CSKA, Luzhniki Stadium

ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 26 February 2009
THE GAME THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING Martin O'Neill causes controversy in real time as he selects arguably the most unrepresentative line up in Villa's history outside of war time football to take to the field in Moscow. Unsurprisingly this mix of fringe, third choice and youth players come unstuck and Villa's chance of more European glory is thrown away.
It had happened before of course, in fact it was a relative novelty for Martin O’Neill to play anything approaching a full strength line up in a Cup game as he had done earlier in the month at Everton. The FA Cup was one thing but the UEFA Cup was another. Perhaps giddy with success in the League - Villa were third at the time - O’Neill gambled and .... lost.
For the away leg in Moscow however O’Neill took “fielding a weakened team to new heights.” With all due respect to the players involved this wasn’t weakened, it was surrender. Of course if Villa had gone on to secure a 3rd place or better finish in the League it would have been a gamble that paid off. At the time, and subsequently however, it was at best a gamble that hadn’t worked and at worst an insult.
Of the 16 players O’Neill named in the squad, three had yet to make their debuts, two had made 6 starts, one had made 4 starts, another just 3 this season. Yet another had appeared just once as a substitute, another hadn’t been selected in the squad for over 6 months, one had played in just 4 of the last 17 games, and one was a centre forward who had scored just once all season.
Martin O’Neill spoke of “decisions not taken lightly” but regardless a wrong decision was obvious and the performance of the Cup side through the season to date had shown as much.
If a first chink in the armour of the Martin O’Neill armour had been exposed a year earlier by the sale of Gary Cahill, this second chink opened a gaping hole that would take some real mending.
Centre forward Marlon Harewood, 29, makes his 40th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) before moving on to Blackpool on a free transfer in July 2010. O’Neill had signed Harewood just 18 months before his final appearance for £4,950,000 and he went on to record W16 D10 L14, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings across his time with Villa.
Midfielder Moustapha Salifou, 25, makes his 13th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) but would remain with the club until June 2011, 4 years after he joined and 2 and a half years after his final appearance. Villa had paid FC Wil 1900 £450,000 for his services and his record on leaving was W6 D2 L5 and 1 Assist. After leaving Villa, Salifou spent 8 months with German fourth tier side 1.FC Saarbrücken but was then without a club for 20 months before 4 months with another 4th Division side TSV 1860 Rosenheim ahead of another 13 months out of the game since when he has joined German fifth tier side Türkspor Augsburg.
Winger Marc Albrighton makes his Villa debut aged 19 despite having yet to sign professional forms with the club. Something he would do in July 2009, 5 months after his premature debut, having come through the ranks as a schoolboy to become the 816th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Albrighton wouldn’t play again for Villa this season, neither would midfielder Barry Bannan who also made his first start for the club. Stuart Taylor would not appear on the bench again and Brad Guzan would only make one further substitute appearance this season.
In addition Defenders Shane Lowry and Chris Herd would neither make their debuts or appear on the substitute bench again this season and £5,670,000 signing Steve Sidwell would only feature for Villa once more this season in the final game of the campaign.
In total then of the 16 players O’Neill selected for this fateful game, 10 saw their Villa careers interrupted or ended completely.
Brad Guzan concedes his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance to make it W2 D1 L4, 10 Goals Conceded, 1 Clean Sheet and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Nicky Shorey makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (23 Starts) in ‘that’ Moscow game despite having not made a League start since November 9th. Shorey’s contribution in the Russian capital makes it W10 D2 L5, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | #816 | Youth Team promotiion
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 2008-10 | 🕒 13 | 7 (6) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 44 | #805 |
🔴 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | 2007-09 | 🕒 40 | 9 (31) | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 35 | #802 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
CSKA Moscow


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
Soviet Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Soviet Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Russian Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2007-08
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #43 |
Manager Game | #126 |
Thursday, 26 February 2009
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Felix Brych | 🇩🇪 | Munich, 2009
Kick off: 5.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 126 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 | 40 🟥 34 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Felix Brych | 🇩🇪 | Munich, 2009
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Thorsten Schiffner, Mark Borsch
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Barry Bannan
🟨 Marc Albrighton
CARDS

🟨 Alan Dzagoev
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 26 Feb 2009, Villa 0-2 CSKA, Luzhniki Stadium

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill makes a raft of changes to even his 'Cup' team for the crucial Round of 32 game in Moscow. O'Neill brings in Craig Gardner, Steve Sidwell, Moustapha Salifou, Nicky Shorey, Nathan Delfouneso, Brad Guzan, Barry Bannan (first start) and Marc Albrighton (debut). Meanwhile, Carlos Cuéllar, James Milner, Brad Friedel, Gareth Barry, John Carew, Stiliyan Petrov and Ashley Young are left at home.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.17 |
Oldest Player |
RB Luke Young | 🇺🇸 | 29.63 |
Youngest Player |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 18.08 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
M Barry Bannan | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 🔴 | 🔁 |
W Marc Albrighton | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Zico | 🇧🇷 |

CSKA Moscow
GK Igor Akinfeev | 🇷🇺 |
CB Sergey Ignashevic | 🇷🇺 |
CB Aleksey Berezutskiy | 🇷🇺 |
CB Vasiliy Berezutskiy | 🇷🇺 |
LB Georgiy Shchennikov | 🇷🇺 |
LB Yuriy Zhirkov | 🇷🇺 | ⚽ |
M Deividas Šemberas | 🇱🇹 |
M Alan Dzagoev | 🇷🇺 | 🟨 |
M Elvir Rahimić | 🇧🇦 |
W Milos Krasić | 🇷🇸 |
CF Vágner Love | 🇧🇷 | ⚽ |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 46' |
🔁 M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 | for CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | 84' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Shane Lowry | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
RB Eric Lichaj | 🇺🇸 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Evgeni Pomazan | 🇷🇺 |
LB Caner Erkin | 🇹🇷 |
M Daniel Carvalho | 🇧🇷 |
M Pavel Mamaev | 🇷🇺 |
M Chidi Odiah | 🇳🇬 |
M Ramon | 🇧🇷 |
CF Ricardo Jesus | 🇧🇷 |
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
🟥 26 Feb 2009, Villa 0-2 CSKA, Luzhniki Stadium

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | | 40 | 31* | 7 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 14* | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | | 112* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 8/18
SQUAD STATS

Home Nation 🇷🇺 : 7/11
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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