Aston Villa – PEACE CUP CHAMPIONS 2009

Pride

Champions
Pictures say it all
Aston Villa vs Juventus 0-0 – VILLA WIN ON PENS !!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
The Peace Cup Final – Aston Villa vs Juventus – Sunday KO 21:00 BST

Well after the Malaga game who would have thought we would be playing in the final – Juventus after a good 2-1 win against Madrid
We showed so much spirit and determination against Malaga even wth half the team full of kids and squaddies can you rule us out
The last time we played Juve was in the 1983 European Cup Quarter final when they had players like Rossi, Zoff, Platini and we narrowly lost.
Amazing how a couple of good results even in pre season can change the mood
Follow the game with the first and unique update service on a fans site. Of course if we were West Ham, Sky would show this game live !!
BTW the pitch at Seville is awful full of sand and could be termed dangerous




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