Aston Villa drove out LOSC Lille on penalties shootout at Stade Pierre-Mauroy to advance to the Europa Conference League semi-finals. Yusuf Yazici opened the score in the first half and Benjamin André’s header in the second half made it 2-0 for the visitors. who had led 2-1 after the first leg. With three minutes remaining in regulation time. Matty Cash, who had been the focal point of Villa’s greatest offensive openings. Came to his team’s rescue and leveled the score by putting a shot past Lucas Chevalier to send the match into extra time. In extra time, Lille’s goalie kept away a fantastic save from Douglas Luiz, and the extra thirty minutes ended goalless.

1. Aston Villa are qualified to
Conference League semifinals
Aston Villa drove out LOSC Lille on
penalties shootout at Stade Pierre-
Mauroy to advance to the Europa
Conference League semi-finals.
Yusuf Yazici opened the score in the first
half and Benjamin André's header in the
second half made it 2-0 for the visitors,
who had led 2-1 after the first leg.
With three minutes remaining in
regulation time, Matty Cash, who had
been the focal point of Villa's greatest
offensive openings, came to his team's
rescue and leveled the score by putting
a shot past Lucas Chevalier to send the
match into extra time.
In extra time, Lille's goalie kept away a
fantastic save from Douglas Luiz, and
the extra thirty minutes ended goalless.
Emiliano Martínez played great role in
shootout for Aston Villa
Aston Villa defeated Lille in the
Conference League thanks to Emiliano
Martínez's two saves during the penalty
shootout.
Martínez performed admirably for
Argentina in the World Cup final, the
Copa America in 2021, and the
quarterfinals. Two Aston Villa penalty
kicks were saved by the Argentine.

2. When the fans in their quarterfinal match
against Lille in France whistled for
Martínez, the match went to penalty
kicks with the score tied at three points
overall. The first kick was saved by
Martínez.
However, the Villa goalie was permitted
to continue playing, creating a
commotion at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy
before stopping the game-winning
penalty.
Villa had led 2-1 after the first leg of the
match last week, but it appeared like
their hopes of winning a first European
trophy since 1982 would be dashed
when Benjamin Andre and Yusuf Yazici
gave Lille a two-goal lead and a 3-2 lead
in the match in northern France.
Why did the goalkeeper for Aston
Villa not receive a red card against
Lille despite receiving two bookings?
Before getting his second yellow card of
the game, Emi Martinez stopped Lille's
first penalty. There was some confusion
when he remained on the field instead of
being sent off, and the Aston Villa
goalkeeper then saved the game-
winning penalty to advance his team to
the semi-finals.
Martinez, who was given a warning for
his relentless mind games after receiving
a

3. yellow card for timewasting during the
game, made a fantastic stop to deny
Nabil Bentaleb's attempt to give Villa the
advantage in the shootout.
Due to the rule that stipulates yellow
cards given during regular time are not
carried over to penalty shootouts, the
Argentine was given a second yellow
card for his theatrics and looked to have
been sent out.
Leon Bailey of Villa subsequently missed
his penalty kick, but Martinez saved the
day by blocking Benjamin Andre's
attempt to give Unai Emery's team a 4-3
shootout victory.
Aston Villa will face Olympiacos in
the semi-finals, UEFA Europa
Conference League.
Villa's thrilling victory over LOSC Lille on
Thursday night guaranteed them a spot
in the competition's final four.
Unai Emery's team was down 2-0 on the
evening despite leading 2-1 in the first
leg at Villa Park. However, in the 87th
minute, Matty Cash scored a goal to
make it 3-3 overall and force extra time
and penalties in the quarterfinal.
Villa secured their semi-final spot by
winning 4-3 on spot-kicks, with Emi
Martínez emerging as the shootout hero.

4. And now Olympiacos will meet them.
The Greek team advanced to extra time
and a shootout after losing 1-0 in
Istanbul on Thursday after winning the
first leg 3-2 at home.
After moving from the UEFA Europa
League, Olympiacos defeated Maccabi
Tel Aviv in the round of 16 and
Ferencváros in their play-off for the
knockout phase. On Thursday, May 2,
the first leg is slated to take place at Villa
Park.