2024-25 UEFA Champions League

[magik9113]

Great match from Arsenal. Wonderful free kicks from Rice.
Can the refs get them out of this mess next week?

Solid counter attacking play from Inter on their goals. That's their strength. Still a shame about Bayern's injuries but they were minutes away from the draw. Tie is still open

[KG Leonard]

Courtois saved a couple which could have resulted in 1 or 2 more goals.

Bellingham saved it the fourth goal on the line when Courtois couldn't reach it. I just hope Arsenal doesn't let this lead slip next week in Madrid.

[MetalFingaz]

We'll see what happens in Birmingham and Madrid, but it feels like Bayern/Inter is the only tie still up for grabs. Deflating to concede that 3rd goal in added time for Villa.

[KG Leonard]

I feel bad for Emery, you need better defenders than Konsa, Disasi on this level. Was Cash injured?
I thought he was speedy, tight on Kvaratschelia but Disasi was too slow, almost gave away 2 goals. Monchi isn't a miracle worker when you are competing against the nation of Qatar aka PSG.
They can win CL quarterfinals next time with their midfield, Rashford/Watkins but the defence need Ascenio level players.

[LDNMagic90]

I feel bad for Emery, you need better defenders than Konsa, Disasi on this level. Was Cash injured?
I thought he was speedy, tight on Kvaratschelia but Disasi was too slow, almost gave away 2 goals. Monchi isn't a miracle worker when you are competing against the nation of Qatar aka PSG.
They can win CL quarterfinals next time with their midfield, Rashford/Watkins but the defence need Ascenio level players.

Cash got an early soft yellow because of Konsa turning the ball over. So we were forced into that change to protect Cash for the second leg. I don’t think Konsa was bad today he has had some stinkers previously but I didn’t think this was one of them. PSG are just quality. Disasi is not a RB at all and I’d rather Konsa there cause he’s very good at 1v1 battles.

PSG are a very good team and dare I say it the best team we’ve faced in a long while. They deserved to win and every one of us Villa fans knew it’d be a hard task. One thing about our team is we are quite good when we are up against it, not saying we’ll come back and win the tie but we’ll give it a good go.

[Pipp33]

I feel bad for Emery, you need better defenders than Konsa, Disasi on this level. Was Cash injured?
I thought he was speedy, tight on Kvaratschelia but Disasi was too slow, almost gave away 2 goals. Monchi isn't a miracle worker when you are competing against the nation of Qatar aka PSG.
They can win CL quarterfinals next time with their midfield, Rashford/Watkins but the defence need Ascenio level players.

Cash got an early soft yellow because of Konsa turning the ball over. So we were forced into that change to protect Cash for the second leg. I don’t think Konsa was bad today he has had some stinkers previously but I didn’t think this was one of them. PSG are just quality. Disasi is not a RB at all and I’d rather Konsa there cause he’s very good at 1v1 battles.

PSG are a very good team and dare I say it the best team we’ve faced in a long while. They deserved to win and every one of us Villa fans knew it’d be a hard task. One thing about our team is we are quite good when we are up against it, not saying we’ll come back and win the tie but we’ll give it a good go.

Agree..Cash had to be subbed due to the yellow and there is no doubt that RB is our weakest squad position by a long way. Unfortunately, Garcia isn't in CL squad , although he's not good enough yet to make a difference against that PSG lineup.

Konsa definitely should have switched to RB, as Disasi was turned inside out within minutes of the second half starting.That doesn't change the result though.

I thought we did okay, considering we are outclassed across the pitch for the most part. PSG are comfortably the best side we have faced and they should be favourites for to win it after they dismantled Liverpool.

[KG Leonard]

I feel bad for Emery, you need better defenders than Konsa, Disasi on this level. Was Cash injured?
I thought he was speedy, tight on Kvaratschelia but Disasi was too slow, almost gave away 2 goals. Monchi isn't a miracle worker when you are competing against the nation of Qatar aka PSG.
They can win CL quarterfinals next time with their midfield, Rashford/Watkins but the defence need Ascenio level players.

Cash got an early soft yellow because of Konsa turning the ball over. So we were forced into that change to protect Cash for the second leg. I don’t think Konsa was bad today he has had some stinkers previously but I didn’t think this was one of them. PSG are just quality. Disasi is not a RB at all and I’d rather Konsa there cause he’s very good at 1v1 battles.

PSG are a very good team and dare I say it the best team we’ve faced in a long while. They deserved to win and every one of us Villa fans knew it’d be a hard task. One thing about our team is we are quite good when we are up against it, not saying we’ll come back and win the tie but we’ll give it a good go.

Konsa wasn't as terrible as Disasi but he was sleeping in the 93rd minute, gave away a very obvious run, pass behind him. That finished this tie, you can't lose focus like that, it is a cardinal sin in last seconds...
PSG deserved the win but 2-1 was a good result and Villa defended so well in the first half and Doue goal was unstoppable. Second half goals was silly individual mistakes and PSG didn't create much like their dominance Vs Liverpool.

[KG Leonard]

I feel bad for Emery, you need better defenders than Konsa, Disasi on this level. Was Cash injured?
I thought he was speedy, tight on Kvaratschelia but Disasi was too slow, almost gave away 2 goals. Monchi isn't a miracle worker when you are competing against the nation of Qatar aka PSG.
They can win CL quarterfinals next time with their midfield, Rashford/Watkins but the defence need Ascenio level players.

Cash got an early soft yellow because of Konsa turning the ball over. So we were forced into that change to protect Cash for the second leg. I don’t think Konsa was bad today he has had some stinkers previously but I didn’t think this was one of them. PSG are just quality. Disasi is not a RB at all and I’d rather Konsa there cause he’s very good at 1v1 battles.

PSG are a very good team and dare I say it the best team we’ve faced in a long while. They deserved to win and every one of us Villa fans knew it’d be a hard task. One thing about our team is we are quite good when we are up against it, not saying we’ll come back and win the tie but we’ll give it a good go.

Agree..Cash had to be subbed due to the yellow and there is no doubt that RB is our weakest squad position by a long way. Unfortunately, Garcia isn't in CL squad , although he's not good enough yet to make a difference against that PSG lineup.

Konsa definitely should have switched to RB, as Disasi was turned inside out within minutes of the second half starting.That doesn't change the result though.

I thought we did okay, considering we are outclassed across the pitch for the most part. PSG are comfortably the best side we have faced and they should be favourites for to win it after they dismantled Liverpool.

PSG won't win CL because Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter level teams will destroy them with the counterattacks that the inexperienced Rogers missed or McGinn losing the balls in central areas in the second half will be different when it is Pedri, Yamal, Rice or Bellingham level.
I was more surprised how PSG let Aston Villa counterattack so easily that and all their goals is based on speedy wingers is why I suspect they will struggle Vs better defenders.
There is no slow central defender like Disasi being turned to oblivion in Inter, Barcelona, Arsenal. I enjoy the young players in PSG but I hope their so called project don't win CL for obvious reasons.

[MetalFingaz]

If Konsa connected with Rashford's cross...

[LDNMagic90]

I AM SO **** PROUD OF MY TEAM.

I told you guys we won’t go down without a fight and dare I say it, we should be in extra time right now. I’m shocked that the ref only allowed 3 mins added time but it is what it is. Donnarumma turned into an octopus at times lol.

Nobody expected us to get this far in first champions league performance in a while. Hopefully we can secure it again for next season.

[El Turco]

Martinez might have cost them

[Pipp33]

I AM SO **** PROUD OF MY TEAM.

I told you guys we won’t go down without a fight and dare I say it, we should be in extra time right now. I’m shocked that the ref only allowed 3 mins added time but it is what it is. Donnarumma turned into an octopus at times lol.

Nobody expected us to get this far in first champions league performance in a while. Hopefully we can secure it again for next season.

Couldn't agree more...to go down 0-2 today (and 1-5 overall) and fight back to take the win and there were chances to force Extra time and get knocked out at 4-5 was incredible. Villa park was JUMPING in that second half, wish I could have been there.

John McGinn is the heart and soul of Villa.....To come in when we were in the championship, push forward to become and Premier League player, then a Premier League captain and then probably our best player in the 2 legs against PSG in the UCL is quite an achievement. And he's done it all with determination and effort.

We get knocked out, but there can be NO Villa supporter that is not proud of this club right now.

[KG Leonard]

Great, heroic performance by Villa and their fans was awesome. Also sometimes football is very easy and predictable. The last 3-1 goal in Paris, you knew it would ruin the chances of a comeback like this.
Inexperience is the real killer and PSG defence was as leaky as I suspected.

[magik9113]

Least they made a great game out of it. PSG look better than ever in the CL this season though

[MaliBrah]

Going to pray before going to bed. Score 1 goal in the first half and we should be good man.

Please god no more red cards from hell , would be just this seasons storyline

[MetalFingaz]

Fun afternoon of football. Villa had a lot of chances to take it into extra time, but can't fault them for the effort they put in and the chances they created. Here's to Villa getting Champions League next season.

[KG Leonard]

Least they made a great game out of it. PSG look better than ever in the CL this season though

Better than ever is still less than being in CL final 2020 with the last peak Neymar. Losing in the final is greater than if they lose against the next top team in semifinals.

They just look better(less superstars)than the last bad years of Mbappe, Neymar years. They looked good against a tired Liverpool but they looked horrible this game like the bad years before. Any team other than an inexperienced Aston Villa, these talented young players would be sent home from the competition.

[magik9113]

Least they made a great game out of it. PSG look better than ever in the CL this season though

Better than ever is still less than being in CL final 2020 with the last peak Neymar. Losing in the final is greater than if they lose against the next top team in semifinals.

They just look better(less superstars)than the last bad years of Mbappe, Neymar years. They looked good against a tired Liverpool but they looked horrible this game like the bad years before. Any team other than an inexperienced Aston Villa, these talented young players would be sent home from the competition.

yes I feel like they look better and also are better. Sure they made the final before but no one had any expectation of them beating Bayern in 2020. They had a fairly easy route to the final in a compromised format that year also. Even if they lose in the semis, with a good showing I'd put this team above the team that lost to Bayern in the final.

They went into the Villa game with a huge lead and got away with some complacency. Credit due for their first leg...scoring goals is important... and credit due for beating a "tired" Liverpool. I think all teams are tired or injury plagued at this stage of the season.

[stormi]

Would be stunned if Madrid pulled through, their squad just doesn't impress me.

Excited to watch my boy Olise today though. What Barella did to Kimmich in that first leg shouldn't be viewed by children.

[magik9113]

Dimarco back in the starting lineup for Inter is big for them