HŠK Zrinjski Mostar v Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[tomd2103]

Zrinjski Mostar, unbeaten against Aston Villa in 2023. Not a lot of teams can say that.

Neither can they.

Must have left the home game before added on time.

[Brazilian Villain]

I'd imagine that will be the lowest key game of the season.

Anyway, job done till March, and the dream final against Legia in Athens is still on.

[pauliewalnuts]

For Zrinjski, the day Aston Villa graced your town was the most important day of their lives.

I reckon some of those days - esp the one where the bridge got demolished - in the not-that-long-ago war would push it close, mind.

[supertom]

Maybe I'm a spoilt Premier League watching shithouse, but their pitch was appalling and seemed very long. Ironically I think the moment Filip smashed a clearance into Cash and it was heading back toward goal, it had a really awkward bounce off the pitch. Possibly spin but maybe it caught one of the 2.5 million divets on the pitch and made it more difficult for their attacker.

But yeah, our close control looked off at time and the pace of some passes. Definitely not helped by the mid-90s second-division pitch.

That's the excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Anyway, job done. I'm glad that Marschall got to make the save toward the end of the game after a few shaky moments. A good experience for the lad but I think he needs a loan to toughen up and get minutes. We need a backup keeper in the window. Whoever the Heaton of 2023 is would be useful (but not the actual Heaton as I think he's a bit too old now).

Glad Zaniolo scored.

I'm starting to worry about Diaby's mini slump but I hope he finds his mojo in the next couple of weeks.

Fairplay to Mostar, kept slogging and I suppose if you're gonna score against the mighty Villa, it might as well be a 25 yarder into the top corner.

[RamboandBruno]

It went a lot like I thought it would. We were never in danger of not winning the group. Mostar behaving weird at the end just standing there.

I actually found that the most entertaining part of the match, almost a staring competition, bizarre

[Somniloquism]

Zrinjski Mostar, unbeaten against Aston Villa in 2023. Not a lot of teams can say that.

Wolves and Leicester? (Not that Mostar could anyway as been pointed out.)

[Clampy]

We did what we needed to do.

[CT Villan]

Very poor performance dripping with misplaced arrogance.

Sloppy, casual, lacking in technical ability and no sign of any urgency. The lot of 'em get a 0 rating.

[Steve67]

Could someone post our goal please? Ta

[PeterWithesShin]

"turgid draw in Mostar, you'll never sing that"

[Toronto Villa]

What? Misplaced arrogance. Good grief.

[PeterWithesShin]

Could someone post our goal please? Ta

https://twitter.com/footballontnt/status/1735377215867519118

[Toronto Villa]

Could someone post our goal please? Ta

https://x.com/footitalia1/status/1735383991862141309?s=46

[AV82EC]

"turgid draw in Mostar, you'll never sing that"

Start that chant on Sunday and I'll join in.

[Monty]

Deeply weird game, we kept everything in reserve it seemed to me.

Ah well, top of the group, Zani off the mark, not an entirely negative night. Onto Brentford!