Basel vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[SaddVillan]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/11/basel-aston-villa-europa-league-match-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Classy Tielemans seals win in Basel to keep Villa on march in Europe

[PeterWithesShin]

[Small Rodent]

It was funny seeing the big hair guy in the crowd before kick off. He’s one of the Yorkshire Villans I met in Warsaw two years ago. Nice bloke.

[Baldy]

One more win at Fener or home to RB Salzburg and its top 8 isn’t it?

Not guaranteed, but probably. Stuttgard playing Roma (9th and 10th) in next round helps but none of the teams in top playing each other.

[Matt C]

An excellent three points albeit not the best watch. There’s a real knack to dealing with these early round European ties - managing to get the points with plenty of rotation and minimal exertion - and Unai is the master.

[JUAN PABLO]

Lindy 82 successful passes out of 85.   He is becoming a solid signing for the squad.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Won 8 in a row. What's not to like ?

[JUAN PABLO]

It was funny seeing the big hair guy in the crowd before kick off. He’s one of the Yorkshire Villans I met in Warsaw two years ago. Nice bloke.

I thought it was Leo Sayer at first .

[Clampy]

Excellent three points. I thought overall we looked quite comfortable, if a little sloppy for their goal and disallowed goal but that will happen.

[Mister E]

I thought we managed the game reasonably well: shout-out to Konsa, Bogarde and Malen in particular. Guessand - despite his fluke goal - was awful. Sancho was pretty inept. It could have been more comfortable but ... there you go.

[tomd2103]

Very good result, but sub par performance for most of the game.  Will need to be better away from home when we reach the knockout stages.