Just what can you say ??

Well first I am so proud of the kids and the rest of the squad. OK so it was only a friendly tournament but we still beat CL sides with some squaddies, some first teamers and a lot of kids.

Winning mentality starts with games like this.

All of the squad deserve immense praise but my player of the tournament was Brad Guzan, just immense but special praise to Lichaj, Cuellar, NRC and Albrighton, for me the kid we have who is liekly to go all the way to the very top and a Villa fan to boot.

WELL DONE ALL

(now to bed !!)

23:39 – Villa WIN the Peace cup 4-3 on penalties, I am speechless at it all.

23:29 – Villa will take first pens, will update at the final score now, good luck kids you fully deserve this, every Villa fan is proud of you

23:24 – Ref blows 4 minutes early !!! PENALTIES !!

23:23 – and it was dangerous, Juve’s defence at 6′s and 7′s

23:22 – Dangerous free kick for Villa

23:18 – safe hands Guzan again

23:14 – good punch by guzan

23:12 – 2nd half kicks off, we deserve penalities

23:10 – Yet another great Albrighton cross and Herd heads over – Half time – EXTRA TIME

23:09 – NRC blasts wide

23:08 – save by Guzan

23:06 – Herd nearly sets up great chance, ball goes to our end and great tackle by Cuellar

23:02 – great piece of skill and pass from Albrighton nearly sets Young free

23:00 – Impressive run by NRC who still looks very fit

22:56 – 1st Period of Extra time and Herd on for Carew

22:50 – Last chance for Juve blasted over – FULL TIME – EXTRA TIME

22L49 – free kick over

22:48 – Lihaj booked and Del Piero comes on for the free kick, one minute left

22:46 – Juve free kick over

22:44 – edging towards, believe or not, extra time

22:40 – Over by Juve, Sidwell booked

22:36 – another good save by guzan

22:33 – Wee Barry narrowly wide – first touch

22:31 – Wee Barry on for Weimann and Lowry on for Shorey

22:31 – Carew narrowly wide from Young free kick

22:30 – Cuellar and Guzan get into a right mess and good save by Guzan in the end

22:28 – Davies gets clobbered by Guzan

22:26 – Juve shoot over again

22:25 – Another header by Juve over, we are starting to look tired now

22:20 – Albrighton gets dispossed and from that Juve miss a glorious chance, we are still doing very very very well

22:18 – Yet another impressive cross by Albrighton

22:15 – Cuellar once again very impressive

22:14 – Great ball from NRC nearly set up Lihaj

22:13 – Lihaj misses an header from the corner

22:05 – Yet another confident catch by Guzan, he is so impressive

22:03 – Ash Young laughs as the ref kicks the worse ball ever and we are off !!

22:01 – Problems with the site but back up now- 0-0 first half and very good considiring who is out

21:39 – yet another foul on ash and Carew forces a save from the free kick

21:37 – Albrighton once again impresses takes on and beats his man to put in a cracking cross

21:30 – Young starting to get a grip, draws a freekick and then a shot which Buffon spills but gathers. then sitter missed by Juve

21:27 – Pace is very slow, conditions very hot but we are more than a match for them

21:20 – good solid start and less physical than the other games, Guzan looking very solid again off his line

21:15 – young playing up the middle, Weimann left

21:13 – Juve shoot narrowly wide but we look dangerous on the flanks as Weimann nearly gets through

21:10 – easing out by Cuellar off a corner, good lad

21:07 – Villa fans in fine voice

21:06 – good first run by Albrighton and Ash shoots at the keeper after a cut in

21:03 – first shot by Juve drifts harmlessly wide

21:01 – and we are off !!!

20:56 – GOL TV coverage just started, just seen SALIFOU !!!

20:44 – Worth noting no Clark or Freidel on the bench, 15 mins to go.

20:24 – Del Piero is on the bench for Juve and that is all I will mention about them this site is totally biased towards Villa

20:18 – Team in – Guzan; Lichaj, Cuellar, Davies, Shorey; Albrighton, Reo-Coker, Sidwell, Young, Weimann, Carew Subs: Parish, Bannan, Herd, Lowry, Hofbauer, Collins, G Gardner.

Interesting to see how Weimann does and Davies, is that a risk with his shoulder ?

18:50 – The big question is who will play alongside Carew, will we play Carew up front on his own with Bannan in CM, or Young up wih him and Bannan on the left, I doubt Harewood would play. Randy Lerner has flown over to watch the game.

15:30 – In response to my e-mail to the OS blog, Paul Brown has just confirmed that Eric Lichaj and Marc Albrighton are available to play and are not suspended.

02/08 – 14:00 – No further news on whether Albrighton and Lichaj are suspended, MON’s prevew piece on the OS gives no clues

01/08 20:45 – Three kids Gary Gardner, James Collins and Dominik Hofbauer all called up in place of the injured trio Petrov, Jonathan Hogg and Luke Young. It is not clear at the moment the reciptants of two joke bookings against Porto, albrighton and Lichaj will be suspended, it is a joke if these two kids miss out on the biggest game of their lives.