Aston Villa Carrying UK Hopes For Football Glory In Europe

In quarterfinal matches, reigning champion Manchester City and Arsenal were bounced from the UEFA Champions League. City went out via Real Madrid, while the Gunners were gunned down by Harry Kane and Bayern Munich.

Oddsmakers are listing Villa as the -245 betting favorite in the moneyline for the first leg of their semifinal with Olympiakos on May 2. If you’re new to sports betting and are However, Cash’s goal would ultimately send the match to penalties when neither club could find the back of the net in extra time. Aston Villa won with goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez stopping a pair of spot kicks. Martinez was able to continue into penalties even after being issued afor gamesmanship during penalties. Luckily for Martinez, cautions do not carry forward into penalties, so he wasn’t sent off, which would’ve left Aston Villa without a goalkeeper.

Martinez is known as a penalty-saving savant. Over his career, he’s stopped over 30 percent of the penalties the Argentine goalkeeper has faced. On the international stage, Martinez has a 50 percent success rate when playing for Argentina. Under manager Tony Barton, Aston Villa defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 in the European Cup final that year, which was played in Rotterdam. Peter Withe’s goal in the 67th minute was the difference, enabling Villa captain Dennis Mortimer the opportunity to hoist aloft the top prize in European club football.

Beating a star-studded Bayern squad that had won the European Cup in 1976, the German lineup included legendary players such as captain Paul Breitner, Klaus Augehthaler and Karl-Heinz Rummennige. Villa were the fourth English side to win the European Cup, following Manchester United, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.

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