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19/04/2028, Villa Park, Birmingham, England, Live on National TV
Champions League, Semi-Final (Leg 1)

Villa Vs Lyon

Villa play in a 4-4-2 Diamond formation, and line up with: P Laverde (GK) , A Boydstun (CB) , J Casey (CB) , L Madigan (RB) , L Cornog (LB) , V Fortes (CDM) , F Dickson (CAM) , E Taniguchi (RM) , D Thum (LM) , V Salmela (ST) , P Abernathy (ST) And the subs are: G Cogle (CB) , F Valeriano (CB) , D Hare (CM) , E McPhearson (CM) , J McCourt (ST)

Lyon play in a 5-4-1 formation, and line up with: C Fabre (GK) , J Van den Boghe (CB) , R McRoberts (CB) , G Fedor (CB) , M Fontaine (RB) , R Baudelaire (LB) , G Jurgensen (CDM) , V De Vito (CAM) , B Troch (RM) , M de Pizan (LM) , E Nolet (ST) And the subs are: H Theunis (CB) , M Villon (CB) , F Barrat (CM) , F Osmond (CM) , C Orme (ST)

Welcome to Villa Park in Birmingham, England where Aston Villa will face Lyon.  This is the semi-final (Leg 1) of the Champions League.  The attendance is 42000.

1' - Villa kick the ball off for the start of the game.  

7' - Venacio Fortes tackles Gustave Jurgensen and takes possession.  Villa try to launch a quick counter attack.  Venacio Fortes sees Veikka Salmela making a run.  He tries to split the defence with a throughball, but Veikka Salmela has strayed offside!  

9' - Valerio De Vito plays a long ball to Richard McRoberts.  Richard McRoberts crosses the ball, finding Marshall de Pizan.  Marshall de Pizan gets his head to the ball hoping to beat the keeper...and its in! It's a nice goal from Marshall de Pizan for Lyon!  The ball flew past the keepers hand!

10' - Villa kick the ball off for the restart.  

18' - Leeroy Madigan slides the ball to Deshi Thum.  Deshi Thum passes the ball to Fraser Dickson.  Elliot Nolet dispossesses Fraser Dickson and the ball goes loose.  James Casey plays a short pass to Venacio Fortes.  JW Van den Boghe successfully tackles Venacio Fortes and takes the ball.  Fraser Dickson dispossesses JW Van den Boghe and the ball goes loose.  Villa try to launch a quick counter attack.  Paul Abernathy passes to Venacio Fortes.  Venacio Fortes slides the ball to Deshi Thum.  Deshi Thum sees Paul Abernathy making a run.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, and Paul Abernathy is able to take the ball.  Paul Abernathy attempts to strike the ball into the top of the net...but its over!

21' - Cable Fabre plays a long ball to Valerio De Vito.  Valerio De Vito hits a shot from long range, aiming for the corner of the net...but the ball flies wide of the post!

27' - Alec Boydstun spots a run from Veikka Salmela.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, and Veikka Salmela is able to take the ball.  Veikka Salmela hits a shot, aiming for the corner of the net...but the shot bounces off the post!  JW Van den Boghe is first to the loose ball and is able to clear.

34' - Paul Abernathy passes the ball to Veikka Salmela.  With a turn of pace, Veikka Salmela beats JW Van den Boghe.  

35' - Veikka Salmela crosses the ball into the box and finds Venacio Fortes.  Venacio Fortes looks to shoot the ball into the corner of the net...and Venacio Fortes scores!  That's a nice goal from the Villa player!  The keeper got a hand to the ball but it wasn't enough!

36' - Lyon kick the ball off for the restart.  

39' - JW Van den Boghe passes the ball to Mortimer Fontaine.  Mortimer Fontaine plays a short pass to Richard McRoberts.  Richard McRoberts plays a long pass to Mortimer Fontaine.  Mortimer Fontaine takes the ball past Fraser Dickson with a turn of pace.  

39' - Mortimer Fontaine crosses the ball into the box, but he only manages to find opposing player Venacio Fortes.  

45' - The referee blows the whistle for half time. 

45' - Lyon kick the ball off for the restart.  

50' - Eiji Taniguchi sees Paul Abernathy making a run.  He attempts a long ball over the top, and Paul Abernathy is able to take the ball.  Paul Abernathy attempts a shot...but Cable Fabre manages to stop the shot!  

54' - Cable Fabre passes the ball to Gustave Jurgensen.  Gustave Jurgensen finds JW Van den Boghe with a long ball.  JW Van den Boghe finds Valerio De Vito with a long pass.  Valerio De Vito spots a run from Elliot Nolet.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, but the linesman signals for offside!  

58' - Venacio Fortes plays a long ball to Alec Boydstun.  Gustave Jurgensen tackles Alec Boydstun and takes the ball.  Gustave Jurgensen uses his pace to beat Leeroy Madigan.  

59' - Gustave Jurgensen sees Valerio De Vito making a run.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and Valerio De Vito is able to control the ball.  Valerio De Vito looks to slide the ball past the keeper...and its in! It's a nice goal from Valerio De Vito for Lyon!  The ball rebounded in off the post!

59' - Villa kick the ball off for the restart.  

61' - Leeroy Madigan slides the ball to Fraser Dickson.  Fraser Dickson finds Leo Cornog with a short pass.  Leo Cornog takes the ball past Marshall de Pizan with a turn of pace.  

62' - Leo Cornog sees a run from Fraser Dickson.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, and Fraser Dickson is able to take the ball.  Fraser Dickson hits the ball, aiming for the top of the net...and Fraser Dickson scores!  That's a nice goal from the Villa player!  The ball flew past the helpless goalkeeper!

63' - Lyon kick the ball off for the restart.  

70' - Gustave Jurgensen slides the ball to JW Van den Boghe.  JW Van den Boghe passes to Valerio De Vito.  Valerio De Vito plays the ball to Richard McRoberts.  Richard McRoberts plays a long ball to Gustave Jurgensen.  Alec Boydstun tackles Gustave Jurgensen and the ball goes loose.  James Casey passes the ball to Venacio Fortes.  Venacio Fortes hits the ball long to Leo Cornog.  Leo Cornog passes a long ball to James Casey.  James Casey spots a run from Paul Abernathy.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, but Paul Abernathy has strayed offside!  

72' - Valerio De Vito slides the ball to Russel Baudelaire.  Russel Baudelaire sees a run from Marshall de Pizan.  He attempts a long ball over the top, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

73' - There is going to be a subsitution.  JW Van den Boghe is going to be taken off.  Herman Theunis is going to be brought on.  

74' - Leeroy Madigan sees Fraser Dickson making a run.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, and Fraser Dickson runs on to the ball.  Fraser Dickson tries to hit the ball past the keeper...but Cable Fabre manages to stop the shot!  

77' - Cable Fabre finds Herman Theunis with a long ball.  Herman Theunis sees a run from Valerio De Vito.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, and Valerio De Vito is able to take the ball.  Valerio De Vito reaches the byline and attempts a cutback and finds Elliot Nolet.  Elliot Nolet attempts to shoot the ball into the corner of the net...but Pablo Laverde deflects the shot out of play.  The linesman signals its a corner for Lyon.  Valerio De Vito gets ready to take the corner.  He whips the ball into the box, but opposing player Leo Cornog takes possession.  

77' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Elliot Nolet will come off.  Chancellor Orme is going to be brought on.  

79' - Leo Cornog spots a run from Veikka Salmela.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and Veikka Salmela runs on to the ball.  Veikka Salmela attempts to shoot the ball into the corner of the net...but the shot is saved by Cable Fabre!  

79' - There is going to be a subsitution.  It looks like Paul Abernathy is going to be taken off.  James McCourt joins the game from the bench.  

80' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Alec Boydstun is going to be taken off.  Frisco Valeriano is going to be brought on.  

85' - Frisco Valeriano finds Leeroy Madigan with a long ball.  Leeroy Madigan crosses the ball into the box, but he only manages to find opposing player Valerio De Vito.  

88' - Valerio De Vito hits the ball long to Gabrysz Fedor.  Gabrysz Fedor passes to Bamme Troch.  Bamme Troch crosses the ball into the box, but opposing player James Casey takes possession.  

90' - James Casey sees Veikka Salmela making a run.  He attempts a long ball over the top, and Veikka Salmela runs on to the ball.  Veikka Salmela tries to strike the ball into the top of the net...but the shot goes over!

91' - The referee blows the whistle for full time. 



The match has ended Aston Villa 2 - 2 Lyon.