Aston Villa has their bond of the Champions League of the last 16 tied with the Brugge club after a confusing self-destruction of the Belgian team, the men of the Unai Emery have a victory in the first stage 3-1.
Villa had taken the lead thanks to the effort of the third minute of Leon Bailey, only so that the Belgian champions reigned respond nine minutes later via Maxim de Cuyper.
Having torn Atalanta in the round of the playoffs, Brugge continued in the ascendant after having leveled things and rejected several chances of taking the lead at Villa Park next week.
But the Belgian Champions Régnants now have everything to do after Brandon Mechele put through his own net and Marco Asensio converted a penalty to put a penalty to put villa on the edge of the tie of a quarter-final with Liverpool or Paris Saint-Germain.
Villa is in the lead 3-1 in Brugge !! ⚡️⚡️
Replace the Marco Asensio nets and put Aston Villa in a good position in the tie… 🙌
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Club Brugge vs Aston Villa
Villa scored from the first occasion of the game while Bailey met the Knockdown of Tyrone Mings of the free kick of Youri Tielemans with a superb finish beyond Simon Mignolet and in the lower right corner.
Marcus Rashford was then refused by Mignolet while Villa was trying to double their advantage, but they were quickly fell, with goalkeeper Emi Martinez may be at fault.
Christos Tzolis collected the wide ball on the left and had time and space to choose from Cuyper, whose shooting of the left foot had enough to beat the outstretched hand of Martinez.
Martinez redeemed himself with a nice backup within the reach of Chemsdine Talbi to preserve parity while Brugge grew up in confidence before half-time.
An Unai Emery Frustrated made four changes in the 64th minute in order to retaliate the momentum, and only Mignolet’s reflexes prevented one of the replacements of Villa, Matty Cash, from putting them in front.
But Brugge continued to dictate the procedures, Hans Vanaken seeing a distant head in a way drift before Tzolis climbed high, wide and not very beautiful after being played through the goal.
Brugge finally paid the price of their debauchery while Mechele showed a much larger point, although in the wrong end.
Own goal !! 🫣
Disaster for Mechele and Brugge, while Aston Villa takes off the head of your home! 💥
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He inadvertently transformed the brilliant cross of Morgan Rogers beyond a desperate cute in the 82nd minute.
Worse, it was to come six minutes later when Asensio shot in the lower corner to the left from 12 meters after Tzolis killed money with an awkward challenge.
Crestfoln by their late collapse, Brugge had the opportunity to repair the balance in injury time. However, the replacement Hugo Vetlesen summed up a discouraging evening for the hosts when he has soared to ensure that Villa returns to the midlands with a potentially decisive advantage of two goals.
