AZ Alkmaar 1 - 4 Aston Villa

AZ scorers: Ibrahim Sadiq (65’)

Villa scorers: Leon Bailey (13’), Youri Tielemans (23’), Ollie Watkins (51’), John McGinn (56’)


Venue: AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands

Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)


AZ Alkmaar:

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Mathew Ryan Hobie Verhulst
Riechedly Bazoer 90’ Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro
Alexandre Penetra 46’ Bruno Martins Indi 46’
Yukinari Sugawara Denso Kasius
David Møller Wolfe Wouter Goes
Dani de Wit 87’ Ruben van Bommel 67’
Jordy Clasie 44’ Đorđe Mihailović 87’
Sven Mijnans 19’ 46’ Tiago Dantas 46’
Ibrahim Sadiq 65’ 67’ Kenzo Goudmijn
Myron van Brederode 67’ Ernest Poku
Vangelis Pavlidis Jens Odgaard 67’

Manager: Pascal Jensen (Netherlands)


Aston Villa:

Starting XI Notes Subs Notes
Emiliano Martínez Filip Marschall
Diego Carlos Robin Olsen
Clément Lenglet Calum Chambers
Matty Cash Pau Torres
Lucas Digne Ezri Konsa
Douglas Luiz 69’ Leander Dendoncker 86’
Boubacar Kamara 86’ Moussa Diaby 81’
Youri Tielemans 23’ Nicolò Zaniolo 69’
Leon Bailey 13’ 86’ 86’ Bertrand Traoré 86’
John McGinn 56’ 81’ Jhon Durán 86’
Ollie Watkins 51’ 86’

Manager: Unai Emery (Spain)


MATCH EVENTS

1’: We’re off!

8’: Dani de Wit’s diving header goes wide.

13’: GOAL VILLA! The ball is deflected by AZ towards Leon Bailey, Bailey chests it down and fires quickly and it goes under Mat Ryan’s arm into the net!

19’: Sven Mijnans into the book for knocking down Tielemans

22’: Pavlidis gets AZ’s first shot on target but it’s right at the keeper.

23’: GOAL VILLA! Youri Tielemans gets the cross and puts it through the keeper’s legs!

25’: BIG MISS! Kamara puts a terrible backpass that doesn’t get anywhere close to the keeper! Pavlidis picks it up! But he puts it over the top corner!

32’: Pavlidis gets the cross from van Brederode and powers it past the keeper! But van Brederode was very offside.

44’: Jordy Clasie catches Tielemans in the foot with a high boot

HT AZ Alkmaar 0-2 Aston Villa Villa kicking ass so far.


46’: AZ double sub: Bruno Martins Indi and Tiago Dantas on for Alexandre Penetra and Sven Mijnans

46’: We’re back!

51’: GOAL VILLA! They take off on the counter! It’s Bailey one on one with the keeper, he fires and Ryan punches it away, but right into the feet of Ollie Watkins who has no difficulty finishing!

56’: GOAL VILLA!! Bailey sets it up for John McGinn who gets the cross in front of the backline and taps it past the keeper!

65’: GOAL AZ!! Ibrahim Sadiq gets one back for the home side! He chests down a long pass, fires quickly from distance and puts it into the far side!

67’: AZ double sub: Jens Odgaard and Ruben van Bommel on for Myron van Brederode and Ibrahim Sadiq

69’: Villa substitution: Nicolò Zaniolo on for Douglas Luiz

73’: Dantas with a chance but he puts it wide.

81’: Villa substitution: Moussa Diaby on for John McGinn

86’: Villa triple sub: Bertrand Traoré, Jhon Durán and Leander Dendoncker on for Leon Bailey, Boubacar Kamara and Ollie Watkins

86’: Leon Bailey carded for time wasting

87’: AZ substitution: Đorđe Mihailović on for Dani de Wit

90’: Riechedly Bazoer carded after fouling Digne from behind

FT AZ Alkmaar 1-4 Aston Villa Destruction! Great job by Villa.