Aston Villa Reserves/Academy games & information

[peter w]

Sadly watching Liverpool v dortmund in the NextGen. 1-0 Liverpool. I'll stop watching now...I'll watch this Liverpool pen though. ooooh what a dive. 2-0.

[rjp]

We're 1 up at half time against Sporting.  Donacien on 10 minutes.  The only coverage I've found so far is a couple of posts on Villa's official Facebook thing.

[timeoutbigbar]

We're 1 up at half time against Sporting.  Donacien on 10 minutes.  The only coverage I've found so far is a couple of posts on Villa's official Facebook thing.

I saw that, Carruthers playing apparently.  Would be interested to hear how he's getting on.

[rjp]

Team news - Sporting CP U19 v Villa U19 (kick-off 6.30pm).

SPORTING CP: Meira, Martins, Fokobo, Semedo, Tavares, Stojanovic, Podence, Ie, Mane, Cortez, Medeiros. Subs: Oliveira, Cande, Ribeiro, Geraldes, Rosa, Ponde, Santos.

VILLA: Hill, Barton, Donacien, Webb, Bateman, Graham, Melvin, Carruthers, Grealish, Burke, Drennan. Subs: Watkins-Clark, Watkins, Kinsella, Lyden, Calder, Crowley, Eminoglu.

[OCD]

I know Lambert wants all age groups playing the same formation at all age levels so did they all change to 4-2-3-1 when the seniors did?

[rjp]

GOAL - Sporting CP U19 0-2 Villa U19 (Michael Drennan, 47).

If we win this one I believe we're through, this was the table at the start:

Sporting P 5 GD 5  PTS 12
Villa    P 5 GD 0  PTS 7
PSV      P 5 GD -4 PTS 6
Celtic   P 5 GD -1 PTS 4

I can't comment on formations.  I've not seen enough of them but there's 1 or 2 on here that go regularly.  Hopefully one of them will be able to answer.

[rjp]

GOAL - Sporting CP U19 0-3 Villa U19 (Graham Burke, 55)

[rjp]

GOAL - Sporting CP U19 1-3 Villa U19 (Santos, 75).
GOAL - Sporting CP U19 1-4 Villa U19 (Graham Burke, 78).

It's a shame it's not covered anywhere it sounds like a good game.

[rjp]

For those not on Facebook although I'm sure there'll be something on the OS soon:

GOAL - Sporting CP U19 1-5 Villa U19 (Michael Drennan, 88).

Full-time: Sporting CP U19 1-5 Villa U19: Villa are through to the knockout stages of the NextGen Series for the second year running after a stunning performance in Lisbon. Two goals each for Michael Drennan and Graham Burke, along with a Janoi Donacien strike, ensured Villa qualify as the second-placed team in Group 4. They join the likes of Sporting, Barcelona, CSKA Moscow and Rosenborg in the last 16.

[Stu]

1-5 to the Villa babbies. We finish second!

[villajk]

Excellent.  Well done.

[The Left Side]

When do we find out who we get next?

[rjp]

When do we find out who we get next?

I doubt we'll know for a while.  There's still 8 games left to play including one on the 19th, details can be found here.

Manchester City, Celtic, Vfl Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund are all out.

[The Left Side]

Thanks RJP

[Mazrim]

That's an astonishing result. Sportings youth side are fantastic. One of the best around.