Thursday August 28, 2008 Finished
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Gardner on target in Villa draw
An impressive display by Aston Villa booked their place in the UEFA Cup by beating Iceland side FH Hafnarfjordur 5-2 on aggregate. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Aston Villa
- Hafnarfjordur
'92 And the full-time whistle blows here at Villa Park, the Villians are through to the next round- 90' 2 minutes added on
- '86 The game is all Villa as they look for more goals
83 Saevarrsson come on- '83 Sverssion departs
- '81
- '81 Saevarsson comes on
- '80 A handball shout for the away side as Gardner had the ball struck right at his arm
- '79 Barry gets forward again but heads straight at the keeper.
- '77 The game is being played all in the visitors half now with Villa dominating.
- '75 Barry goes on a run forward and passes to Routledge who puts in a good ball but the keeper collects
- '74 Reo-Coker is once again looking composed in possession and starts another Villa attack.
'73 Harewood misses a chance from close-range!
'71 Delfounso goes in the book for a late challenge- '69 A good strike by the substitute Delfounso just goes wide
- '65 The away side are struggling to have any sustained period of possession.
- '63 Villa are in complete control now and have a 5-2 lead overall.
- 60 While Abonglahor departs
- 60 Nathan Delfounso is on for villa
- '57 Gudnason is on for the visitors
- '57 Bjornsson is replaced
- '55 The away side get a rare shot on goal but Friedel saves well down to his left
- '53 Captain Nigel Reo-Coker is putting in a good display with short and long passes from midfield
- '52 The corner is cleared well by the Villa defence
- '50 A shot by Tryggvi Gudmundsson is deflected for a corner for the vistors
- '48 Routledge is providing Villa with a real cutting edge on the wing with his pace
- '47 Abonglahor puts in a good ball from the right-side but it misses everyone in the box!
'46 And we're underway in the second-half.- '47 And the half-time whistle blows with the score 1-1 at the break.
- '46 2 minutes added on before the break
- '45 The corner is cleared well by the keeper who punches away.
- '44 The free-kick forces the keeper to tip the ball over the bar
- '43 Routledge is fouled as Valgardsson goes in the book
- '42 Harewood goes on a great long run down the left-side taking on defenders but is finally stopped at the edge of the area.
- '40 A decent low shot by Osbourne forces a good stop by Oskarsson in the visitors goal.
- '39 Harewood goes in the book for a late challenge
- '38 Villa win a free-kick on the edge of the area but Barry hits the wall with his strike.
- '36 Osbourne makes a good run forward before being tackled near the area.
- '34 Villa are still passing the ball around well but the team from Iceland are putting up a better fight now.
- '32 That leveller has really shocked Villa who were in complete control
30 But Bjornsson levels straight away from the restart from a accurate cross, and he had time to fire past Friedel for 1-1!- '26 And from Harewood's great cross Gardner fires in a powerful shot right into the top netting!
- '25 Barry is putting all the transfer saga with Liverpool behind him playing well.
- '24 But Friedel is forced to make a save from Vihjalmsson's header from 12 yards.
- '22 All the chances so far have gone to the home team with the away side providing little threat.
- '22 Gardner goes close with a volley from just outside the area.
- '20 Barry then played a few passes in midfield before curling in a fantastic effort just wide of the right post
- '18 Villa go forward with Osbourne putting in a cross which just had too much pace on it, as it went out for a throw-in.
- '17 Freidel collects a long ball easily and starts Villa's next attack.
- '14 Harewood makes a good run down the right-side before putting in a great ball right across goal which narrowly missed out Abonglahor at the far post.
- '12 Villa are starting to take control of the match against their Iceland opponents.
- '11 Abonglahor is looking dangerous taking on defenders and he set up Osbourne but the keeper made a good stop.
- '7 A shot on the turn by Sigurdsson forced Friedel to make a good save, for the away side's first corner.
- '6 Villa have started well keeping possession in the centre of the park.
- '4 A good run by Routledge on the wing was finished with a decent ball low across goal but Craig Gardner failed to connect.
- '2 The first shot at goal by the away side goes well over Brad Friedel's goal.
- '1 And Wayne Routledge right from a long ball following kick-off was in on goal but fired over.
'1 And we're underway here at Villa Park- ' Martin O'Neill has chosen a 4-4-2 formation with Gareth Barry playing at left-back and Marlon Harewood partnering Gabriel Agbonlahor up front.
- ' The Villians are leading 4-1 from the first leg and will hope to finish the job tonight.
- ' Welcome along to Villa Park as they face FH Hafnarfjordur in the UEFA Cup qualifying second round 2nd leg.
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Summary
- '73 Harewood misses a chance from close-range!
- 30 But Bjornsson levels straight away from the restart from a accurate cross, and he had time to fire past Friedel for 1-1!
- '26 And from Harewood's great cross Gardner fires in a powerful shot right into the top netting!
Live Team Line-Up
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Aston VillaManager: Martin O'Neill
Starting line-up
- B. Friedel
- C. Gardner
- Z. Knight
- C. Davies
- G. Barry
- W. Routledge
- N. Reo-Coker
- I. Osbourne
- M. Salifou
- G. Agbonlahor
- M. Harewood
Subs
- J. Carew
- M. Laursen
- S. Taylor
- S. Petrov
- A. Young
- N. Baker
- N. Delfouneso
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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Hafnarfjordur
Starting line-up
- R. Óskarsson
- &. Ásgeirsson
- T. Nielsen
- D. Slim
- H. Valgardsson
- M. Vilhjalmsson
- D. Vidarsson
- B. Sverrisson
- G. Sigurdsson
- A. Bjornsson
- T. Gudmundsson
Subs
- D. Lárusson
- F. Bjarnason
- G. Sævarsson
82′ - A. Guðnason 58′
- H. Eiriksson
- B. Sverisson
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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