Aston Villa vs Juventus post-match thread.

[kipeye]

Their little right winger was good -wasn't he?

[martyn ellis]

Juve were tidy, I can't remember a stray pass. But they didn't really trouble Villa except when Emi was called into action. Villa on the other hand were sloppy with their passing  which cost us chances but still had a few great opportunities to score. Tidy up the passing and we'll come good.

[john2710]

It was a good performance overall & we should have nicked it. Maginn's chance after halftime was the one which should have been taken. Great to see Kamara back & in good form, we're going to need him.

Ref was dreadful, but aren't they all. As for the goal, very soft decision but I'd have been screaming it was blatant if it was against Martinez. Incredible save by Martinez.

Rogers needs to come out of the side for a few games. We need to move Buendia on & find a number 10 who can pass to a Villa player.

[Meanwood Villa]

Their little right winger was good -wasn't he?

Yes, their stand out player. Who are they?

[LeeB]

Typical game against an Italian well organised team
I enjoyed it though but can see why others didn’t so much, the end of the day we’re playing the supposed cream of Europe here and we look like we belong

I thought we were the better side overall but it was tight
As others have said Referee was as bad as it gets

But it’s another one of those games where we would have probably lost if we hadn’t got the best goalkeeper in the world
He is our greatest asset and absolute legend already

Correct. There's so many strengths to his game but the number of those 'how the fuck has he saved that? " ones from point blank range are ridiculous.

And not those kind where the ball smacks straight off the keeper where he's already standing and the commentary swoons of a' great save', his positioning and anticipation getting to finishes that have been placed where intended.

That alone would make him a standout keeper but then you see him commanding his box, his now excellent footwork (which he's kind of bolted on to his game seamlessly), one on one's, the penalties, the mind games etc.

There's not a single area of his game where I see another keeper that's better.

[Demitri_C]

Juventus  had a bigger injury crisis than us but still showed some real quality at times.

Not like someone to rubbish the Villa by stating the other side was more weak then us.

As usual you dont read the post its 8.43am and you already at it

[The Edge]

Their little right winger was good -wasn't he?

Yes, their stand out player. Who are they?

Conceicao. He was superb.It may have felt like there was more than one of him at times but definitely just the one.

[London Villan]

Emi's save was amazing, but how does the smallest player on the pitch get a free header from a corner...

[Duncan Shaw]

Due to holiday and work it was my first premier European competition game since we last played these in the European cup.  I loved it, proper cat and mouse game against a true continental giant, and we are disappointed not to win!  Unai said enjoy it, and I certainly did!

I still can't fathom how Ginny didn't hit his shot hard enough to go in, and then ended up stopping it going out for a corner straight after.  that was the chance for me.  I knew he wasn't going to give the goal, right or wrong, just knew it as soon as you come together with a keeper in the air in Europe.

[wolfman999]

In what we are told is the supreme competition in club football, why are the officials so consistently fucking useless? Naturally, most attention is focused on the disallowed goal but twice quick free kicks were prevented with the ball being booted 30/40 yards away on one occasion, a kick taken and blocked by an opponent standing a couple of yards away just waived away with a shrug.

[Percy McCarthy]

I knew he wasn't going to give the goal, right or wrong, just knew it as soon as you come together with a keeper in the air in Europe.

Yeah me too. The kids were jumping up and down and hugging each other, I didn’t move.

[The Edge]

Emi's save was amazing, but how does the smallest player on the pitch get a free header from a corner...

Yeah I said that at the time. It sailed through a crowd of players at head height and no one put anything on it. Emi must've been anticipating one of ours to head it away or one of theirs to head it goalwards. But instead it fell to the little guy at the back which makes his save even better. A quite remarkable save in my opinion.

[Nii Lamptey]

Their little right winger was good -wasn't he?

Yes, their stand out player. Who are they?

Conceicao. He was superb.It may have felt like there was more than one of him at times but definitely just the one.

He was brilliant last night. Best player on the pitch (*alongside Kamara).

[Duncan Shaw]

It was also my first game in a safe standing seat on the Holte (L3) and I loved that too! 

[frank black]

Their little right WHINGER was good -wasn't he?

Corrected

After an initial foray out and about he quickly popped back into Luca’s pocket.