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Game #5711

Aston Villa

Thursday, 14 March 2024

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Won

Last 16

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Europa Conference League

AFC Ajax

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,210

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Aston Villa

4-0

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MATCH TIMELINE

Thursday, 14 March 2024

🟨 | 11’ Booking, Morgan Rogers for a bad foul
💥 | 18’ Ollie Watkins injured in tackle on ‘keeper Ramaj
🟨 | 19’ Booking, Ollie Watkins for a bad foul on Ramal
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Douglas Luiz
🔁 | 33’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins (Injury), Sub on, Jhon Durán
🕒 | 45’+6 HT Aston Villa 1-0 Ajax
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Morgan Rogers, Sub on, Youri Tielemans
🎥 | 59’ VAR Check for penalty after Ajax ‘keeper Ramaj follows through on Jhon Durán, no penalty, no booking
💥 | 59’ Referee reduces Villa to 10-men by demanding Jhon Durán leaves the pitch to change his shirt
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 2-0, Leon Bailey, Assist by Douglas Luiz
🟥 | 66’ Sending off, Sivert Mannsverk for a second yellow card after a foul on Jhon Durán
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Diego Carlos, Sub on, Clément Lenglet
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Tim Iroegbunam
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 3-0, Jhon Durán
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 4-0, Moussa Diaby
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Omari Kellyman
🕒 | 90’+1 FT Aston Villa 4-0 Ajax

Match Statistics

Possession F | 46%

Possession A | 54%


Shots F | 13
Shots A | 4

Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 1

Corners F | 3
Corners A | 1

Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 8

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ON THIS DAY

Thursday, 14 March 2024

  • Another seriously poor refereeing performance, this time from an Israeli League referee. There is a theme here, surely UEFA have the nous to appoint experienced, higher league referees to games such as this. Apparently not

  • John McGinn makes his 225th appearance for the club (215th Start) to record W97 D46 L82, 25 Goals, 26 Assists, 54 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Villa, in their 100th European Game, score their 150th European goal.

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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

AFC Ajax

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
European Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
Dutch Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆 (36)
KNVB Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 (20)
Last Trophy: 2021-22

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AFC Ajax

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Previous 5 vs. Ajax: 🟩 🟨

AFC Ajax

PREVIOUS MATCH

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SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #42 |
European Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Thursday, 14 March 2024
Attendance | 30,210 |

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Orel Grinfeeld | 🇮🇱 | Kiryat Yam, 2012- 🆘
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 69 | 🟩 | 40 🟨 | 11 🟥 18 | 1.90

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Orel Grinfeeld | 🇮🇱 | Kiryat Yam, 2012-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
🆘 Just rubbish, itching to get cards out, another embarrassing appointment by UEFA
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
Assistants: Roy Hassan | 🇮🇱 | Idan Yarkoni | 🇮🇱 |
Fourth official: Gal Leibovitz | 🇮🇱 |
VAR: Ziv Adler | 🇮🇱 |
Assistant VAR: Roi Reinshreiber | 🇮🇱 |

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Morgan Rogers, Bad Foul
🟨 Ollie Watkins, Bad Foul

🟥 Sivert Mannsverk
🟨 Sivert Mannsverk
🟨 Sivert Mannsverk

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Twin wingers in Bailey and Diaby, Carlos and Torres at the back, Rogers and Watkins up front. Unai Emery is going for this. Good luck Villa.

Squad Average Age: 26.41
Starting XI Average Age: 27.59
Subs Average Age: 23.20
Bench Average Age: 24.98

Oldest Starter: GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 31.55 |
Youngest Starter: W Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.65 |

Oldest Squad Player: GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 33.64 |
Youngest Squad Player: F Omari Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | 18.48 |

Oldest Substitute: CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | 28.76 |
Youngest Substitute: F Omari Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | 18.48 |

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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Aston Villa

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

John van 't Schip | 🇳🇱 |

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AFC Ajax

GK Diant Ramaj | 🇩🇪 |
LB Borna Sosa | 🇭🇷 |
CB Josip Sutalo | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Ahmetcan Kaplan | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Jorrel Hato | 🇳🇱 |
RB Devyne Rensch | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Jordan Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sivert Mannsverk | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Kristian Hlynsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Kenneth Taylor | 🇳🇱 |
CF Brian Brobbey | 🇳🇱 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33’ |
🔁 | M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | for M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 | CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | for CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 74’ |
🔁 | F Omari Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | for M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 83’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Chuba Akpom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Ahmetcan Kaplan | 🇹🇷 | 37’ |
🔁 | RB Anton Gaaei | 🇩🇰 | for CB Josip Sutalo | 🇭🇷 | 68’ |
🔁 | M Benjamin Tahirovic | 🇧🇦 | for RB Devyne Rensch | 🇳🇱 | 79’ |

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Gerónimo Rulli | 🇦🇷 |
GK Remko Pasveer | 🇳🇱 |
CB Jakov Medic | 🇭🇷 |
M Branco van den Boomen | 🇳🇱 |
M Silvano Vos | 🇳🇱 |
M Kian Fitz-Jim | 🇳🇱 |
M Benjamin Tahirovic | 🇧🇦 |
W Carlos Forbs | 🇵🇹 |
W Mika Godts | 🇧🇪 |
CF Julian Rijkhoff | 🇳🇱 |

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

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £230.90m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11

Subs Cost: £14.28m
Team Cost: £245.18m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/16
Homegrown: 1/16

Matchday Squad Cost: £277.06m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/20
Homegrown: 3/20

Total Squad Cost: £377.46m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 18/37
Homegrown: 11/37

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £55.97m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11

Subs Cost: £20.83m
Team Cost: £76.80m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/14
Homegrown: ⭕/14

Matchday Squad Cost: £100.28m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/23
Homegrown: ⭕/23

Total Squad Cost: £142.47m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 16/32
Homegrown: 1/32

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £15.66m |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.00m |
GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 | £1.28m |

CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | £28.60m |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | £27.90m |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 | Loan |

LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | £14.18m |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | £11.59m |
RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £8.00m |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £2.79m |
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free |

W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | £47.66m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |

CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £30.60m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.28m |
F Omari Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | Youth |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Gerónimo Rulli | 🇦🇷 | £6.85m |
GK Diant Ramaj | 🇩🇪 | £4.28m |
GK Remko Pasveer | 🇳🇱 | Free |

CB Josip Sutalo | 🇭🇷 | £17.56m |
CB Ahmetcan Kaplan | 🇹🇷 | £8.14m |
CB Jakov Medic | 🇭🇷 | £2.57m |
CB Jorrel Hato | 🇳🇱 | Free |

LB Borna Sosa | 🇭🇷 | £6.85m |
RB Anton Gaaei | 🇩🇰 | £3.86m |
RB Devyne Rensch | 🇳🇱 | Free |

M Benjamin Tahirovic | 🇧🇦 | £6.43m |
M Sivert Mannsverk | 🇳🇴 | £5.14m |
M Jordan Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Kristian Hlynsson | 🇮🇸 | Free |
M Kenneth Taylor | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M Branco van den Boomen | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M Silvano Vos | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M Kian Fitz-Jim | 🇳🇱 | Free |

W Carlos Forbs | 🇵🇹 | £12.00m |
W Mika Godts | 🇧🇪 | £0.86m |

CF Brian Brobbey | 🇳🇱 | £14.00m |
CF Chuba Akpom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £10.54m |
CF Julian Rijkhoff | 🇳🇱 | £1.20m |

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | ACL, 12 Aug 2023 [42]
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ACL, 20 Aug 2023 [41]
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | ACL, 17 Feb 2024 [6]
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Foot, 7 Mar 2024 [3]

Suspension | 2 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 |

Out On Loan | 7 |
CF Louie Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Exeter
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Nice
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | Al-Duhail
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | Napoli
CB Josh Feeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Real Unión
M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Real Unión

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"I think it’s about mentality. We deserve to be in this position. It comes from the manager. The mentality has changed completely. When we do lose we want to bounce back straight away. "It’s a big motivation. For us, we want to put things right. The first game at Ajax was a tough game and obviously it came on the back of a tough defeat. It’s a perfect to have this game after and it and we have been saying that it’s good to have lots of games quick and fast. You can bounce back when you lose. "Obviously we are in a fantastic position. That’s credit to everyone connected to the club- the fans, the players, staff. We are disappointed from the weekend, but have a lot of games. We have a huge game tomorrow. We have to think to the next game and be positive. "It’s been great for a lot of players to experience different things. Travelling abroad has been good with the rest of the boys. We started off the European campaign with a defeat. I think we took a lot from that game in Poland. Since then we have bounced back really well. Tomorrow night will be another tough test. "Every atmosphere at Villa Park has been special. I think tomorrow is another special one. I am sure the Villa fans will be ready for it. They are massive for us at home. Playing at home is a big advantage for us. "Europe is really good and every team which qualifies are all fantastic teams. You can learn from that in itself. You play against the best in the Premier League anyway. It just adds another dimension and experience for everyone. "They have lots of strengths and they are a young team too. Our job is to stop them using their strengths. All over the park they are a strong side. We are ready, they’ll be ready and will prepare well. "It would be great. The main focus for us is to bounce back, get a good result and focus on ourselves.” Matty Cash, pre-match. "This feels amazing. We scored four in Europe, at home. The atmosphere was buzzing tonight - it's a good time to be a Villa fan! We're through to the quarter-finals of the Conference League. We've had a lot of good performances this season and this was another one. We were great as a team, the individual quality was on show and we didn't give Ajax many opportunities. We were in control from the beginning of the game until the end. "I will definitely be watching it. We'll see who we play, but I'm just happy to be in it.” Leon Bailey, post match. "We're happy, it was very important. We tried to connect with our supporters. After the first leg we were analysing with the players and we knew before the match we needed to play better than we did there. "The match was a bit slow in the first half. When we scored a second goal and they had a red card it was easier for us." "I'm very happy. We played very well and did what we set out to achieve. We imposed ourselves and kept the opposition under control. We played with positive energy. Obviously it was easier after the red card but I think we were playing similarly in the first half. "It's not enough. I want more. I respect all our opponents, I'm constantly looking to learn. I have had some great experiences in Europe and now I want to have them here with Aston Villa. Of course we dream of a trophy but we are just looking to whoever the next opponent is. "It's experience for us. Confidence. Trying to feel strong. We did it here with our supporters." Unai Emery, post match. "Tough game. It's hard to stand here and put it into words straight after the game. We've been beaten quite easily in the end which is disappointing. "I felt we were in the game at the end of the first half. We conceded a second goal which was poor on our behalf and then it's always tough at that point. To go 10 men it's very difficult to come back against a good side. Injuries and everything started to go wrong. "If we'd kept it at 1-0 for longer we could have hurt them but we were well beaten in the end. Villa are a good side. "I thought it [red card] was harsh but I won't make that as an excuse. It was a difficult moment for us. That's football. You have to deal with those things. "Unfortunately it wasn't our night." Ajax captain Jordan Henderson. "Great performance, a good reaction from the weekend. It stung us. A chance to get a European quarter-finals for the first time in a long time. "A good night at Villa Park and I'm delighted with some of the players on the scoresheet. A bit of a worry with Ollie Watkins and Diego Carlos - we'll see how they are. "It’s going to lift us definitely. it's been a tough few days. We didn't perform in the big game. "Tonight was a big game. A big reaction needed. We showed a reaction. "It's up there [with his best nights at Villa]. We want to achieve more. Tonight we've given the fans one to remember but we don't want to stop here. "We didn't want the journey to end tonight. Much better than the last two games for sure. "I'm proud of them, it's been a tough few days. They need to rest up for Sunday." Villa captain John McGinn. "Tonight was a brilliant night for the whole team and the fans. The atmosphere was brilliant. "We're really happy with the result. We showed good character and spirit. We made it very difficult for them tonight. "I was happy I could get the second goal, it was much needed. "I've had a lot of discussions with the manager and he always tries to give me confidence. He always lets me know when I need to step up my game. I've been working with the staff members a lot in training about how to get more time on the ball and get more space. "When I'm on the pitch I feel better in terms of my movement. "It was difficult for me when I first came because I didn't have a pre-season. I kept trying to come back and getting injured. "Since the manager came in a lot has changed for me. I feel more relaxed and have more energy. "It's really paying off. Details, that's why things have been going so great. "It's an exciting moment for everyone. We should all be proud of where we are. We've worked very hard to be where we are. Enjoy the moment and stay humble and hopefully we can move further. "It [Watkins’ injury] looked really bad when I saw it. It was an open wound. I didn't want him to come off but Jhon Duran did brilliantly. It was sad to see him come off." Leon Bailey. "We were how we needed to face them here with our supporters at Villa Park with our quality on the pitch. The second half was easier for us after the red card. We are very happy because we are motivated in this competition. "It's not enough. I want more. I respect all our opponents, I'm constantly looking to learn. I have had some great experiences in Europe and now I want to have them here with Aston Villa. Of course we dream of a trophy but we are just looking to whoever the next opponent is. "The shape more or less is to play and get players in combinations and players running in behind. Start with 4-4-2 but at the end it’s how we play with the players dropping in helping in the build up, that’s the most important shape after the combination with the players. Unai Emery, post match.
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🟩 14 March 2024, Villa 4-0 Ajax, Villa Park

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🟩 14 March 2024, Villa 4-0 Ajax, Villa Park

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