UEFA Cup - Villa reach UEFA Cup after win

Eurosport - Sun, 27 Jul 10:25:00 2008

Aston Villa are through to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup after beating Danish outfit Odense 1-0 in the second leg of their Intertoto Cup third-round clash at Villa Park.

FOOTBALL 2008 - Aston Villa's Ashley Young scores against Odense in the Intertoto Cup - 0

Ashley Young's sensational second-half effort secured Villa a 3-2 aggregate win a place in next month's UEFA Cup final qualifying round.

But the real spin-off for Martin O'Neill could revolve around Gareth Barry, whose introduction for Wilfred Bouma went far better than the Northern Irishman had hoped, the cordial relationship between player and fans fuelling belief that Villa will thwart Liverpool in their attempts to sign the England star.

Bouma suffered a dislocated ankle as he flew into a tackle with Baye Djiby Fall but Young gave the Villa fans something to cheer as he cut inside from the left and lashed a right-footed thunderbolt into the top corner on 50 minutes.

Odense had struck the post in the first half through a scuffed effort from Fall, but Villa were in control for long periods and also struck the woodwork themselves late on when John Carew headed against the crossbar.

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  1. aston villa to go all the way this could be villa,s season.

    From tonysinclair57, on Sun 10 Aug 2:24PM

  2. well done to villa i hope they win the secound quliyfiying match and be runners up in the uefa cup final i want them to lose to man city.

    From Ali, on Wed 6 Aug 4:35PM

  3. Just thought i'd throw this one in but why dont they make the uefa cup more interesting by giving the winners a champions league spot makes nothing but sense ..................?

    From roger s, on Tue 5 Aug 12:28PM

  4. OB is not part-timers!!! They are in the top league in Denmark, just because they are not as good a team as te premier league teams does not make them part-timers! And they were by far the best team in the first leg...

    From mads.leth, on Fri 1 Aug 11:58AM

  5. We don´t need Barry if Alonso is not sold. Barry is a quality player but we need better side-defenders

    From mikefromprague, on Thu 31 Jul 9:24PM

  6. If a team is not in the Premier League it becomes automatically "a bunch of part timers" then, am I right?

    From Kita, on Mon 28 Jul 7:38AM

  7. Dear Mikenott

    We scored 71 goals last season so someone put those in the back of the net.
    We do however need some squad depth and hence improved competition for places.
    Might be time to put a bid in for Stevie Gerrard ;0)

    We need a recognized right back, a recognized left back, a utility defender that can play all across the back line.
    We were not solid enough defensively last season. O and if Gabby increased his goal tally to double figures or put away 1 chance in 2 instead of one chance in five we would stand achance of winning something this season AVFC means business this season boys

    From original.image, on Sun 27 Jul 1:19PM

  8. hey at least its europe well done

    From mogrady555, on Sun 27 Jul 12:36PM

  9. hey at least its europe well done

    From mogrady555, on Sun 27 Jul 12:36PM

  10. @#$% on the villa

    From mcbeathpeter, on Sun 27 Jul 8:08AM

  11. MEDIOKA ? LOOK UP BAGGIE ITS EUROPE. i know we did it the long way and Liverpool is trying to nick our best.but at least were there and look after our young one cos he will do ya proud even if his heart is claret & blue

    From chaddwesson, on Sun 27 Jul 1:57AM

  12. lets not get carried away boys another medioka season beckons me thinks...........boing boing

    From srkerins, on Sat 26 Jul 9:14PM

  13. Cos its Aston Villaaaa! Villa FC... we're by far the greatest team, the pool have ever seen... hip hip!! Barrry hip hip!! Barrry

    From villans30, on Sat 26 Jul 9:02PM

  14. I'm sorry fellas, while Villa are a decent team. Uefa Cup glory won't beckon, when you can only beat a bunch of part timers 3-2, over two legs.

    There's some hard teams in the Uefa this season, it'll be as hard as winning the CL.

    From Karl G, on Sat 26 Jul 8:47PM

  15. it wa o'leary that signed djemba djemba

    From paulwalker70, on Sat 26 Jul 7:47PM

  16. super super gaz super super gaz super super gaz super gareth barryyyyyyy altogether now ......

    From s.lanigan, on Sat 26 Jul 7:44PM

  17. ha ha mikeknott2508 slight jealousy huh?

    top win for the villa and get well soon freddy !

    UTV! and well done villa fans for showing appreciation for my barry !

    villa eufa cup winners? why not?! UTV!

    From s.lanigan, on Sat 26 Jul 7:43PM

  18. eric jemba,did't mon sign him once, oh well there u go
    another brilliant peice of bussiness, lol

    where is the right back, now a right back, central defender, a midfielder,
    then some one who can ctually put the ball in the net.
    oh well dream on villa fans.

    From mikeknott2508, on Sat 26 Jul 7:32PM

  19. Can this site please block messages that have nothing to do with subject in question (such as message No 2). It makes a joke of this forum. If they want publicity let them pay for it. Football is the subject, not saddo's looking for sex.

    From Dave W, on Sat 26 Jul 1:49PM

  20. Eric DJx2 get a frosty recieption from the home crowd. I doubt many would remember him after such a prolific career at Villa Park.

    From col8av c, on Fri 25 Jul 7:22PM
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