VILLA TAKE LILLE LEAD | ASTON VILLA 2-1 LOSC LILLE | FAN CAM

Join Luke and the Aston Villa faithful for our fan cam for Aston Villa 2-1 Losc lille in the europa conference league.
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[@gracehalfpenny2582]

Our defensive the 2nd half of the season has really hinder us the lack of defensive strength when cross and corners coming in is concerning.I feel our attack was pretty good today Ollie getting in some really position but definitely optimistic for the 2nd leg we need play a masterclass and just pray the players under the fight in which is needed we are still in this UTVV❤

[@waynedawes5955]

the way people are sounding it's like we lost, God cheer up we win the game UTV

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Utv

[@ljmolly4029]

Exactly. I know the whole point of a podcast is to analyze... but the overthink sometimes is strange to me. We won! Let's win again! 😂

[@johnkearney478]

l look at it this way Luke, if lf Villa can win when not playing well then we are most definitely in with a good chance. Lille are a very good side but l like this competition coming up against stoic well drilled sides who make it a good game, this is what European football is all about Luke. In the return leg in France if we stay tight Villa will win the game ... KUMON YOU VILLA BOYS UP THE MIGHTY VILLA🦁💪👍

[@tonyd1874]

Thanks for having me on the pod Luke, as you say they were very good tonight. Well organised, excellent in possession and set up compact. A draw is enough next week, they have to come at us which will suit us. First goal is massive - UTV mate

[@REALLYRANDOMREVIEW5]

Certainly will suit us but im nervous even a 2 or 3 goal cushion would have been prefered but ill be happy even if we sh!t house a nil nil UTMV

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Anytime mate thankyou

[@Technobliterator]

Hope we have Cash back next week, that's gonna be huge, Konsa struggling at right back a lot lately and probably should be in CB. Lille played VERY well today, so next week it's gonna be a tough one. Missing Kamara and Mings so much in these games!! And remember... for as tough as it was, we're still the ONLY English side to have won in Europe this week, and we're the first team to beat Lille in this entire competition!!! UTV

[@desmondmagrath8262]

Both you Luke and Justin were very honest about Villa's chance to qualify next week. Very tough next week.

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Thanks mate

[@AstonVillaBozzy]

Could be worse look at West Ham and Liverpool tonight

[@Salacious-Crumb]

Exactly! We only need a draw away ... cant see us not scoring

[@dipthongthathongthongthong9691]

And the pundits will be framing Liverpool as the comeback kings who of course can score at least 3 in Italy. Storylines.

[@supervillan326]

Totally agree with Justin and Luke. Pleased we won but not with the performance. Ref poor but we didn’t do enough to kill the game. Lille won’t fear us after tonight and we’ll need to play much better to get through this tie…

[@sibell6813]

We have to win in France. If we attempt to hold on we’ll likely lose. Biggest difference between now and pre Xmas is our lack of control in games. Possession stats, pass accuracy, chances conceded etc always high now. But we still look deadly up top. Let’s just take it as a one off knockout game that Emery has specialised in over the years and take the win in their back yard UTV

[@ahmedibrahim5800]

We really miss Kamara in midfield. Teams have been dominating us in the middle of the park. We need to play Diaby and Bailey in the second leg so we don’t sit back. Lille will be tough in the second leg, but we can do it. UTV

[@marklismore2516]

Being dominated because he persists with bloody Tilemens in CM, he just can't do it. Need to get mcginn back in there for his energy and aggression, he sets are tempo and gets on the ball more.I don't like him in th 10 at all

[@poeticmic6219]

Spot on. I wouldnt mind seeing Rogers in that Kamara role tbh

[@thomaswood6115]

​@marklismore2516 Said it the other day While he isn't a natural six McGinn will offer us more in there than Tielemans his postion should be behind Watkins as a number ten.

[@AVFC-bi1tp]

Spot on Luke & Justin I feel exactly the same.

[@tomplayz5136]

Brilliant to win - Knockout football on European nights at villa park is a thing of beauty 😍 But what the hell has happened to our defending 😭

[@thomaswood6115]

Whoever is in charge of our defending wants sacking for me this basics we can't do

[@Sank1982]

To many players hiding. Luiz and Tielemans were ghosts, Bailey just constantly gave the ball away. It’s going to be a tough game at their ground. We need to be on it because we just look a shadow of ourselves, we had chances be its like their all on a different wavelength , some of the decisions up front were mind blowing. Emi saves us in this one.

[@Marellows74]

Thank you for having me on the podcast and allowing me to mention Phil. Massive respect to you Luke. UTV

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Anytime mate 💜

[@AstonVillaBozzy]

Watkins normally clears the near post from corners so that goal is a problem tbh if he was in then we dont let that in

[@ryandavies7992]

Not only are they a good side but they are well rested and will be rested again for the next leg and we still go and get the win while we have to play game after game. People think we are just going to stroll through every game. All we can do is get behind the boys even if we seem to loose a bit of steam

[@mattbowles4073]

Both yourself and Justin were spot on. A little worried about next week and again with conceding from a set piece 😮‍💨. UTV.

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Cheers mate

[@lcvillafan]

Defenders let us down tonight

[@johnhoward6509]

The thing is we weren't at the races our passing wasnt good but we still won , they have got to atrack and we can hit them on the break and set pieces , UTV

[@samjones927]

Just coming back from the game unlucky we didn’t get the two nil felt like a loss at the end regroup and let’s go out again and smash them 💪🔥🔥💪

[@joebees21]

In other news - Liverpool have let us down big time. Wouldn't it be so Villa to get knocked out next leg in the conference league and for 5th to not get champions league 😂

[@Villa4life2024]

West Ham and Liverpool thought West Ham was gonna hold leverkusen. But still out defending was terrible I fear for the second leg

[@Villa4life2024]

West Ham and Liverpool thought West Ham was gonna hold leverkusen. But still out defending was terrible I fear for the second leg

[@outofthetrash5925]

Yeah it's the English to German results that give the biggest coefficient swings. Hope Arsenal can beat Munich and for English teams to win the CL and ECL. EL looks like it's gone.

[@poeticmic6219]

I would still be greatful we got in to the Europa. In some ways I would prefer thatm were in no way ready for Champions league competition yet. We conceed to many from set pieces. Any class team would pull us to pieces currently. I lokk forward to what we do to solve that tho 🙏

[@joebees21]

@@poeticmic6219 But in terms of finance - the revenue that Champions League football would bring us is huge.

[@patrickreade6119]

We need McGinn back in the double pivot and Diaby up front with Bailey. Digne offered very little going forward, Carlos needs to practice passing.

[@andrewholdsworth4421]

Carlos for his size is not strong enough

[@blooms1874]

Morning Luke, Justin - performance was far from our best and we have them too many chances through basic positioning errors and Emi kept us in it. Poor ref, apparently yellow cards only come out for Villa players…. And penalty shout was spot on….! We can win in France but will be tough.

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Cheers mate

[@user-xw4yd4yz6y]

Spot on Luke & Justin we did not play that well. It’s going to be a difficult next leg. Come on villa. UTV

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Utv mate

[@andybrogan8098]

Lille were decent son, think that was a great result. Last 8 of a European competition all teams are decent, Emi kept us in the game for sure! We definitely need to score over there to stand a chance, but it's 'squeaky bum' time. That said, i think that we have had the best result of all English teams in Europe this week....UTV

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Cheers mate

[@denisfarrell164]

Man City,Arsenal Drew! Liverpool,West Ham lost! Villa only English team in Europe to Win! So let's not get too downhearted! UTMV

[@ollielovesvilla]

I really enjoyed the match and thought they were a really good side. I don't think we should go there and try and defend deep and play cagey or we'll get destroyed. We're not capable of defending like that at the moment. I think we should be brave and go for it. Grab the first goal and I think they will get desperate and that will leave big gaps for us to expose. They couldn't live with Ollie at times.

[@HannahWardell]

Big thing missing in the analysis is whether they can play like that when we have 10 men behind the ball with diaby, Bailey and Watkins on the break...

[@ljmolly4029]

Why would you get excited at 2-0 but feel so depressed after 2-1???? As if 2-0 would've meant Villa were comfortable in France. If Lille scored first tonight and we came roaring back to win 2-1 you'd be elated. Score another goal next TH and don't concede. It's all mental strength at this point. We'll see what Villa are made of and if Watkins' warning about not seeing out games was heeded.

[@Lewis88-wr6sm]

A positive for me is we didn’t play that well last night but still won the game largely thanks to Martinez. I agree we’ll have to play much better next Thursday if we are to progress and I think we will.

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Good point mate

[@1965deebee]

Lille are a terrific team and Villa will need to be at top form to go through…… it’s all to play for……

[@johnfraser1623]

We just won the first leg of the quarter final, away goals don’t count like before, so providing we don’t loose by 2 goals or more then we go through, need some perspective because we have had enough time in the dumps, if we get knocked out next week we go again next season, yes would be disappointing but we are managing 2 competitions with few players, imagine kamara playing last night? UTV

[@nickmcmahon623]

Great podcast as ever Luke. I’m surprised that you’re surprised - it’s as if you’ve not watched us in the last few months. Unfortunately we’re somewhere between poor and inconsistent, so this was actually a good result. Dougie to blame for their goal, emi is a god.

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👊🏻👊🏻

[@garymanders1273]

Going to be tough in France but Villa are still in with a chance 🙂

[@thewellandvalley2103]

One massive factor for us is how Unai learns about an opponent over two legs. Some of the mistakes we were making tonight will be ironed out. And I am really happy about the win. They are a great team in incredible form and we managed to find a way to beat them. That’s what it’s about.

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Cheers mate

[@nigelgarrity9117]

tough game we won game but it going to me tough over there we need to me better at back becase they are good sid utv

[@gray41]

Lille and Villa 2 best teams in competition should of been final , however it will be tough game there place i think Emery will have to work his magic in setting up and team selection. Think we are much better with Konsa in middle as Carlos scares me shame Cash is out

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Cheers mate

[@simonsandhu8675]

We won’t get the villa from earlier in season kamara was essential to how we built up gna be tough next week don’t think we will have enough but just believe UTV

[@kevinjeenes]

Have a look back to 82 luke, Justin will testify, we just about beat dynamo berlin on away goals, the rest was history....nothing's easy, not even conference league glory...

[@REALLYRANDOMREVIEW5]

I don't feel Down Like Justin said But i get the sentiment i wanted a 2 goal cushion and even then we saw what happened with Brentford last week I'm a Little nervous now though Lil were better than i Thought i knew they were decent but they controlled parts of that game if they do that at Home we may have a mountain to defend we got the Job done tonight 2.1 Is a good result we still won and all we need now is a shit house nil nil or a 1.1 but i hope we can give our best performance and do another 2,1 or 2,0 Cmon UTMV

[@davidbarber7773]

Just got home, really under the cosh tonight at times we need to get the first goal next week & grind out a result UTV!!

[@reetpateet8656]

I’m a bit miffed we let them score, 2-0 would have been great to take over there. I wasn’t at the game, and from your comments we were lucky to win! We can only hope lessons will have been learned, and we can adjust accordingly! Fingers crossed! UTV

[@kevinvasse9922]

Ont a été volée à lille la main et le hors jeux chez eux

[@Keithoconnellsongwriter]

Agree with everything you said. Another positive is their other goal being given as offside 😂

[@orourkedafootball]

If we get out of france with a draw, it will probably go down as our best performance of the season (well, second). It would be no surprise if it at least went to extra time or penalties.

[@nickpinkham2720]

Think the boys need to be up for it big time to get through at theirs….thankfully we have a one goal lead and we have it in us…up the Villa and keep the faith in Unai to get our lads heads up and do the job.

[@ughidk4957]

🤞back and on next week konza back in the middle ,give us another option at the back...

[@RossiDeakin0406]

Unai's been very clever and not shown our hand (🙏) We go there and smash em........👏💪💯🤩

[@markmorrid8144]

The fellow you talked to first got it bang on we need to be far better in defence in the second leg , another 10 % is needed in the second leg . UP THE VILLA ✌️.

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Cheers mate

[@bec947]

Goes without saying we would all rather be 2-0 up than at 2-1 BUT given we have blown 2 goal leads in the past, maybe going there 2-1 isn’t going to give us the chance to go there and accidentally relax too much ( or whatever it is that causes us to blow these leads)… we just have to go there and focus and do the job. Will be tough but not impossible

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Utv mate

[@neilfun27]

very tough in second leg utv

[@somedude1666]

Im fairly confident we can manage to hold them the next leg with a full squad but because we dont have a full squad we need clever player rotation. Luiz suspension means he will be fresh for the 2nd leg so we have that going for us. Need to manage the game time for diaby and bailey. Our left side without ramsey is a bit weak defensively so we need to mitigate that potentially by playing mcginn there instead.

[@paulrussell6495]

Don't know how we came away with win but il take it. Play like that Sunday, we are getting smashed

[@stevelong5510]

The Villa from earlier in the season has been decimated by injuries since December but particularly the defensive side. We’ll score in Lille , we just need to work on the defensive side particularly set pieces.

[@deejay5224]

We're too slow and ponderous. They played with zip and tempo. We lack aggression and athletes in our team. Luiz was poor again and tmans isnt mobile enough. Rogers isnt a starter yet as the game passes him by. He also lacks presence and aggression

[@redhourdan1874]

I wonder if there's a scenario whereby Villa finish the EPL 5th and the Premier League is behind Bundesliga in coefficient points, Villa are playing the UECL Final and if we win we overtake Bundesliga in coefficient and guarantee 5th is Champions League?

[@darrenwoolley8433]

Lille are a good team I'll take a win Luke it will be difficult in France for the second leg but I'm glad we have the advantage. UTV

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Cheers mate

[@kevinmack9980]

2nil up, Lille snatched a late goal. Fair play, love the show, but I’m certainly not negative coming out of it! Certainly don’t see why we should be scared of them.

[@LG26]

Did we win? Yes, is Martinez the best in the world? Yes, was we the only English team to win in Europe this week? Yes UTV

[@user-hq5ui7bu6f]

Villa played well need to fix the defence

[@petercollins5861]

i think we Villa fans are getting jittery for these last several important games of the season. we aren't used to being in this position, i guess. BRASH CONFIDENCE is the order of the day. we've got this thing. and 4th in the PL too. visualize victory. we see it. so be it. UP THE VILLA.

[@mjw8218]

Defence is really shaky in 2024. We've turned into Keegan's Newcastle side 😂 Entertaining though.

[@western-oud1898]

I think we’re now looking very jaded and tired..the injuries and the long tough season is starting to show especially over the past few games..

[@UTVPODCAST]

Yes mate

[@drast0ne]

Tough 2nd leg but let's trust Unai

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💪🏻💪🏻

[@user-hq5ui7bu6f]

Super John McGinn to the rescue we need cash back now

[@stephenwallace2888]

It's been a long season and we've just lost a yard of energy. Squad is threadbare its going to be a difficult run in to the season on heavy legs

[@najnaj2896]

Mcginn with Douglas move Tielemans just behind Watkins ?

[@waynejudd1978]

The referee was a 🔔 end and we should have had a pen

[@peterhayward1553]

Seriously squeaky bum time now Luke. Going to be a huge challenge now. Will make for a great story if we do. UTV ❤

[@BlackRuum]

Its gonna be a tough second leg... We need a goal and a defensive masterclass... And I we are looking a bit leggy and dont have enough quality in depth in the squad... But we MARCH ON... UTV...

[@jaydelboyclayton4356]

Defensive masterclass we can't defend anything we will get hammered on Sunday and then in lille

[@paulbracekorr2386]

The goal conceded where Watkins would have been we made 2 or 3 subs 2 or 3 minutes before that’s why we lost our organisation before the goal

[@daviddone3049]

Create as many chances as you like but if you cant find the net .Ref was very poor villa are capable of scoring at anytime .next week another game

[@Scotty-UK]

Mark better and get closer when cross field balls are coming across, both full backs need to bang the widemen as the ball lands to them give no fcuks and no space like teams do to Villa then we win the away leg.

[@michellemaynard6808]

I heard that Lille’s weekend league game has been moved so that they can focus on next weeks 2nd leg 💜💙💜

[@UTVPODCAST]

Yeah the french league looks after them

[@Gav609]

We all honest on here but that set piece was Dougs fault he let his man get away from him free header not good enough years ago was man for man but just looks like we ain't got a clue in defence

[@Standing_on_the_word]

We've not won anything yet its only half time. Positive is we are ahead at half time but they should have been out of sight if not for Emi. UTV 💜💙

[@Salacious-Crumb]

I think we are more than capable of getting a draw at Lille ... weve got goalscorers i cant see us not scoring ...bit of luck and we go through

[@dannyjay6359]

Why do we look so sloppy ino we played a lot of games but we got knocked out of other cups and we have rotation I don’t get it

[@thomaswood6115]

Not used to playing so many games and I do question if the players believe we should be where we are..are they listening to the biased pundits who never give us any credit

[@paxtontom79]

Whenever we go 2 nil up we take our foot off the gas, first half of the season we'd have stepped it up and gone for 3 or 4

[@KALPESHPATEL-gy3hf]

Hey Luke, can you confirm we have just bought full-back Ferdi Kadioglu?

[@UTVPODCAST]

No we havnt mate

[@KALPESHPATEL-gy3hf]

@@UTVPODCAST thank you for your reply

[@nickmcmahon623]

Win rate with Kamara 60+%. Without, 40 something. No coincidence.

[@thomaswood6115]

Yes and his injury is long term from what I heard

[@nickmcmahon623]

@@thomaswood6115 will miss start of next season I understand 🥲

[@Viewsonic61]

Lille are a very good side and have only lost once at home so far in 2024 so the 2nd leg is gonna be tough. Can we win in Lille? Yes absolutely but we have to cut out the defensive errors particularly down our right side if we want to progress. UTV

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Yes mate agree

[@outofthetrash5925]

Decent enough. Subs were needed but maybe too many too quickly. They made a few too and it made the game less organised. I do want to pont out though that although he scored his header, Ollie was wasteful tonight. I know he scored and he did have a decent game. I'm not hating on him but plenty of times he could have passed across the box and instead shot in narrow angles. One time he should definitely have turned and shot and he tried a pass that wasn't on. I know this will get some hate but I'm just being objective. 1 or 2 more and the tie was done. Not much else to say. It was a professional, smart performance. Took it easy first half. Turned the screws early in the 2nd and then made subs. Hopefully there's enough left in the tank for Arsenal on Sunday. We did well trying to ensure there is, despite genuinely trying to win the game tonight. Well done Unai.

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Cheers mate

[@gazzam3172]

wheres lenglet ,he wasnt on the bench?

[@neilorme1637]

Injured.

[@MindSurf248]

I was there tonight and Honestly I didn't see the game.the same way, they had a lit of possession but the times they got in behind us were couple of sloppy passes and a couple of unbelievable balls. I feel like we contested middle of the park well for long periods. And I feel like we found some really clinical balls that cut them open. Yes they had great chances, but with a but more accuracy in final third U feel like we had at least 2 more goals.

[@andrewholdsworth4421]

Unfortunately the likes of bailey . Have dropped off not sure if he is tracking back . Diarby has lost his mojo to . We have a situation where we are cocideding goals like a relegation team . So l am not optimistic anymore .against arsenal we are looking at a man city score line

[@poeticmic6219]

If we ever want to get any wjere in any competition we have to stop conceeding goald from set pieces 🤢 We got what we needed though 🙏 UTV

[@poeticmic6219]

Shout out to the fella at the end. Lifes fragile, make the most of it 🙏

[@robertpowell7228]

Lucky in the end. Up against it. Defence is awful and lack of midfield energy.

[@johnpoolton59]

Not good enough, 2-0 would of been great , 2-1 now makes it 50/50 if Villa get through another soft goal !!!!!

[@jaydelboyclayton4356]

Tbh we haven't played well since the new year dont see us beating arsenal Sunday would be surprised if we dont lose that 5 or 6 our defence is terrible wouldn't be surprised if we lose every game after this now the defending for set pieces just gets worse and worse

[@MindSurf248]

5-0 Shef Utd, beat Fulham away when Utd and Spurs both got beat, just two from top of my head. Even the Man U home game we actually played very well for long periods.

[@robertpowell7228]

Agree we have been poor in 2024

[@jaydelboyclayton4356]

Lost to a poor Chelsea team that Sheffield United got a draw out of even Burnley got smashed by Tottenham got smashed by city smashed by Manchester United who cant win a game atm ​@@MindSurf248

[@thomasmelody6581]

HEITS

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[@InYourHeadChangedMan]

I think we should be a bit more positive if the away goal rule was still in play then we would be more anxious but fingers crossed all will go well should be a great atmosphere with our fans over there💜🩵 nice interview at the end remembering his friend that's what football is about

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Cheers mate