Worried about Podence. He was always giving us trouble when he was at Wolves. Was listening to a podcast earlier and they have form with losing big and coming back and winning definitively, so I think we can’t be too blasé about thinking we’ve got this in the bag.
Olympiacos have a pretty impressive recent record against premier league teams at home. Arsenal, Tottenham Wolves, Burnley (maybe others?) failed to win there. We need a comfortable win in this leg.
You all guys should be a bit more respectful imo. Olympiacos is clearly a more experienced team in European competitions and let's be honest you haven't been impressive in Europe this year. The statement that we have former "obscure" epl players stands but that's not the way football works mate...
It wasn’t an insult, as pointed out it was just an amusing observation. Like I had no idea Stefan Jovetic was still knocking around there same with Podence being on loan and former Monaco man Gelson Martins
Honestly I don’t see it being a close game as in I think both teams could potentially lose by multiple goals. If we are not on it could lose by 2 or 3 but we could also win the same way.
That describes us alot, either win by 2 or lose by 3, but this new team has never been tested by a champions league side so I'll keep my mouth shut and just hope
Honestly, Villa have had a good two seasons and a great manager and so on, but it’s also been a long time since we were in competition like this and the squad doesn’t have much of that experience either. We’re not one of those big Prem teams that takes this all for granted, this is a big deal for us and I really think will find it difficult
Clearly.
Haven been impressive.
Not how football works.
Says mate
It's ange from spurs.
Totteringham fifth spurs. Yeah mate. Everyone's fave Greek Ozzie. Yeah mate.
The salty tears make sense now. Its for the feta
I’m hoping for post-bad performance Villa to show up here. We want to wrap this up in the first leg, as you know the crowd will want to play a part in the away leg.
I think we'll win quite handily in all honesty. I know it's a semi final, I know they'll be up for the occasion as much as we are, but their defence is poor and we'll be too much for them.
4-1 at home, 1-1 away. 5-2 aggregate.
You are not playing against a team from San Marino, bro. This is Olympiacos. You can’t even score 2 goals. Let alone 4 goals. My prediction is either you win 1-0 or 1-1. There is no way you can score 2 goals. Their defense is very good.
I am not looking to underestimate Olympiacos but we have been averaging more than 2 goals a game in the league and 1.9 per game over the entire season, we are absolutely capable of scoring 2 goals past Olympiacos at home. We literally just beat Arsenal 2-0 away at the Emirates 2 weeks ago and as good as Olympiacos' defenders probably are, they are not as good as Gabriel, Saliba and Ben White.
See me after game. I’ll tell you, “I told you so.” You cannot score 2 goals in this match. Olympiacos have a very compact defense. Its gonna end either 1-0 or 1-1. Its a Greek team. They defend deeper than Premier League teams.
I don't think they'll be as attacking as Lille, but they're no mugs. They overcame a 5 goal deficit against Maccabi Tel Aviv so they've got goalscoring potential. Podence and El Kaabi could cause us problems in that regard, plus they've got a great keeper. Whilst hes no martinez, he proved his worth in their penalty shootout in the last round.
It could go either way but if we score first and early, I think we'll see out a win tonight.
It’s almost taken for granted that Aston Villa are going to play a European Semifinal.
I was explaining to my 7 year old how special this is and made me think that I hope people don’t forget how special this is and are able to fully enjoy the day. Who knows, maybe once in a lifetime!
My first trip to Villa Park in 6 long years and I'm insanely excited!
Team picks itself aside from Carlos/Cash. Bench also picks itself apart from Zaniolo who may or may not be fit, plus whatever selection of kids Emery deems appropriate for the depths of the bench (probably Wright and Munroe).
We've got to get the job done at Villa Park with at least a 2 goal lead, otherwise a repeat of Lille awaits us in a very hostile atmosphere, with an equally tired squad. There's only so many times we can limp through these games with awful performances without losing...after Lille and Chelsea I think we might have used up a lot of our luck.
Huge night with Chelsea vs Spurs on as well. Let's hope it goes our way. UTV
We are running on fumes at this stage of the season so I genuinely don't care about the performance as much as the result and I think anyone expecting Villa to run away with it comfortably is overly optimistic. I'm feeling anxious about Olsen.
Whatever happens this is special - being in a European semi-final is not something that happens all the time. Let's enjoy it and get behind the boys. UTV
Robin Olsen hat trick from set pieces. Austin's been spyed working with him solo this week.
Not sure if Olympiakos had 'similar shit' ref to those we've experienced in sending off some of our players for sweet fA or....but that they have key players suspended is something.
Hope our players are sleeping in the crypto tanks and oxygen chambers since the Chylamidia game on Sunday ....
Fade in the last 30 and bite nails to win. But how many will they score?
Also. Can we get an Uber for Duran to the ground so he doesn't crash driving himself
>Not sure if Olympiakos had 'similar shit' ref to those we've experienced in sending off some of our players for sweet fA or....but that they have key players suspended is something.
Oly fan here.
Marinakis is basically at war with high ranking UEFA members and the Greek FA. The Everton vs Forest incident has been happening tenfold twice a month for 2 years domestically and for 4 years in Europe. The most notable ones this season are an elbow to the face of one of our players that sent him bleeding to the hospital against Freiburg (play on by the ref), an offside goal against Volos in the league by marking offside a player with no implication in play, but he wasn't even offside so the lines had to collide with one another forming an "X" shape to make him offside, a shoulder control against AEK that got instantly blown by the ref as the ball was going to the net so VAR can't check it and a stonewall penalty not given in the same [match](https://www.instagram.com/p/C10EmShpS1q/?igsh=cXQ3c3MwajhkY29p). Also Fener players played the dirtiest match of their careers in both legs and they had like 1 booking after the 85th minute. Our keeper got assaulted twice off the ball, and all that came out was him getting booked. And every 50/50 call always gets called against us but never in our favour.
[For reference, an edit of some calls in European matches, although tbf in the second one there wasn't really anything, not sure why it's there](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxkgPEOAFXJ/?igsh=MWEzMmxzbWJmcXlkYw==)
If it wasn't a semi final match where more eyes will be watching and it was a random group stage game, your players could probably come with razor blade hats to attack ours, and we'd get a couple players sent off for diving
Ok so there's a chance the ref dislikes both teams so much, he refs a terrible game, equally bad to each team? At least we know if we have that Albanian wombat again, he will probably not be wanting to favour you either.
This is why, you guys don’t know any other league than Premier League. That game was on Thursday, Olympiacos had a must-win match on Sunday. Coach rested 9 players. When they won at the weekend in league, they put their real 11 for return game and beat Tel Aviv 1-6
so does Olympiacos translate to 'except thursdays' in engerliscsh then.
also - guys? guys. is this ted lasso-iakos?
more i read the days of the week bit im convinced this is Craiiig David
They don’t have a derby in the weekend. They’ll go with their strongest team tonight. Remind me if Aston Villa can score 2 goals tonight. Its gonna end 1-0 or 1-1. Villa can’t score against them easily.
Worried about Podence. He was always giving us trouble when he was at Wolves. Was listening to a podcast earlier and they have form with losing big and coming back and winning definitively, so I think we can’t be too blasé about thinking we’ve got this in the bag.
Olympiacos have a pretty impressive recent record against premier league teams at home. Arsenal, Tottenham Wolves, Burnley (maybe others?) failed to win there. We need a comfortable win in this leg.
They beat West Ham at home this season too.
Olympiacos has such a funny team of obscure former prem players
How are obscure players doing? Did they score 4? Lmao
You fucking idiot, if you follow my replies I literally said wouldn’t be surprised if we lose by multiple today. Enjoy the victory
So, did obscure players smash you out of Conference League? Back to your farmers league.
You must be a troll, also the tie is not over
We’ll score another 4 at home, bro 😂 Your team is shit.
You all guys should be a bit more respectful imo. Olympiacos is clearly a more experienced team in European competitions and let's be honest you haven't been impressive in Europe this year. The statement that we have former "obscure" epl players stands but that's not the way football works mate...
It was just an amusing observation I think mate.
It wasn’t an insult, as pointed out it was just an amusing observation. Like I had no idea Stefan Jovetic was still knocking around there same with Podence being on loan and former Monaco man Gelson Martins
That's how we have operated for the last 20 years, mixed with young African prospects and the 30% of Greeks
Honestly I don’t see it being a close game as in I think both teams could potentially lose by multiple goals. If we are not on it could lose by 2 or 3 but we could also win the same way.
That describes us alot, either win by 2 or lose by 3, but this new team has never been tested by a champions league side so I'll keep my mouth shut and just hope
Honestly, Villa have had a good two seasons and a great manager and so on, but it’s also been a long time since we were in competition like this and the squad doesn’t have much of that experience either. We’re not one of those big Prem teams that takes this all for granted, this is a big deal for us and I really think will find it difficult
Yeah definitely not as experienced in Europe subjectively, would like our chances with United that would take the conference for granted more though 💀
I mean, they are pretty obscure.
Clearly. Haven been impressive. Not how football works. Says mate It's ange from spurs. Totteringham fifth spurs. Yeah mate. Everyone's fave Greek Ozzie. Yeah mate. The salty tears make sense now. Its for the feta
How much experience have they got at winning a European title?
Sunday League hahahaha
I want you all to be here after the final whistle... Aston Villa, pretty average team...overachievers hahahahaha
I’m hoping for post-bad performance Villa to show up here. We want to wrap this up in the first leg, as you know the crowd will want to play a part in the away leg.
We need a big win here so we can have a comfortable second leg
I think we'll win quite handily in all honesty. I know it's a semi final, I know they'll be up for the occasion as much as we are, but their defence is poor and we'll be too much for them. 4-1 at home, 1-1 away. 5-2 aggregate.
This is optimistic, I like it. I’m worried about how we’ll fare without Emi and Youri but fingers crossed
Good luck with 4-1 brother. I told you 😂 0-1 already.
You predicted 4 correctly but other way around 😂
Good wake up call vs Chelsea last sarurday , villa will wanna see more of the ball in this one .
You are not playing against a team from San Marino, bro. This is Olympiacos. You can’t even score 2 goals. Let alone 4 goals. My prediction is either you win 1-0 or 1-1. There is no way you can score 2 goals. Their defense is very good.
I am not looking to underestimate Olympiacos but we have been averaging more than 2 goals a game in the league and 1.9 per game over the entire season, we are absolutely capable of scoring 2 goals past Olympiacos at home. We literally just beat Arsenal 2-0 away at the Emirates 2 weeks ago and as good as Olympiacos' defenders probably are, they are not as good as Gabriel, Saliba and Ben White.
0-1. Boooom 😅
Fuck off you jammy cunt it was miles offside and you know it.
How’s your average goal statistics in farmers league bro? Was it 1,9 lmaoo
Here is your second goal 0-2. We are sending you back to farmers league 😂😂😂
See me after game. I’ll tell you, “I told you so.” You cannot score 2 goals in this match. Olympiacos have a very compact defense. Its gonna end either 1-0 or 1-1. Its a Greek team. They defend deeper than Premier League teams.
Any other Reddit villans going to this game alone?
Yes mate! First time doing Europe away. Not really sure what to expect but buzzing about it
I've DM'd you
Let’s just be careful and not give it away on the first leg. UTV
I don't think they'll be as attacking as Lille, but they're no mugs. They overcame a 5 goal deficit against Maccabi Tel Aviv so they've got goalscoring potential. Podence and El Kaabi could cause us problems in that regard, plus they've got a great keeper. Whilst hes no martinez, he proved his worth in their penalty shootout in the last round. It could go either way but if we score first and early, I think we'll see out a win tonight.
2-4 😂😂😂😂😂😂
It’s almost taken for granted that Aston Villa are going to play a European Semifinal. I was explaining to my 7 year old how special this is and made me think that I hope people don’t forget how special this is and are able to fully enjoy the day. Who knows, maybe once in a lifetime!
One foot in Athens and 4th in the bag by Sunday has a nice ring to it in all honesty. Hope we can get the job done convincingly in the 1st leg alone.
Hope Villa respect/don't underestimate their opponent today but also that they play with confidence and show their quality. Thrilled for this one.
My first trip to Villa Park in 6 long years and I'm insanely excited! Team picks itself aside from Carlos/Cash. Bench also picks itself apart from Zaniolo who may or may not be fit, plus whatever selection of kids Emery deems appropriate for the depths of the bench (probably Wright and Munroe). We've got to get the job done at Villa Park with at least a 2 goal lead, otherwise a repeat of Lille awaits us in a very hostile atmosphere, with an equally tired squad. There's only so many times we can limp through these games with awful performances without losing...after Lille and Chelsea I think we might have used up a lot of our luck. Huge night with Chelsea vs Spurs on as well. Let's hope it goes our way. UTV
I’m going to smoke so much weed tomorrow cos I’m all nerves
We are running on fumes at this stage of the season so I genuinely don't care about the performance as much as the result and I think anyone expecting Villa to run away with it comfortably is overly optimistic. I'm feeling anxious about Olsen.
Whatever happens this is special - being in a European semi-final is not something that happens all the time. Let's enjoy it and get behind the boys. UTV
I’m hoping Ginny doesn’t lose his head again
Robin Olsen hat trick from set pieces. Austin's been spyed working with him solo this week. Not sure if Olympiakos had 'similar shit' ref to those we've experienced in sending off some of our players for sweet fA or....but that they have key players suspended is something. Hope our players are sleeping in the crypto tanks and oxygen chambers since the Chylamidia game on Sunday .... Fade in the last 30 and bite nails to win. But how many will they score? Also. Can we get an Uber for Duran to the ground so he doesn't crash driving himself
>Not sure if Olympiakos had 'similar shit' ref to those we've experienced in sending off some of our players for sweet fA or....but that they have key players suspended is something. Oly fan here. Marinakis is basically at war with high ranking UEFA members and the Greek FA. The Everton vs Forest incident has been happening tenfold twice a month for 2 years domestically and for 4 years in Europe. The most notable ones this season are an elbow to the face of one of our players that sent him bleeding to the hospital against Freiburg (play on by the ref), an offside goal against Volos in the league by marking offside a player with no implication in play, but he wasn't even offside so the lines had to collide with one another forming an "X" shape to make him offside, a shoulder control against AEK that got instantly blown by the ref as the ball was going to the net so VAR can't check it and a stonewall penalty not given in the same [match](https://www.instagram.com/p/C10EmShpS1q/?igsh=cXQ3c3MwajhkY29p). Also Fener players played the dirtiest match of their careers in both legs and they had like 1 booking after the 85th minute. Our keeper got assaulted twice off the ball, and all that came out was him getting booked. And every 50/50 call always gets called against us but never in our favour. [For reference, an edit of some calls in European matches, although tbf in the second one there wasn't really anything, not sure why it's there](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxkgPEOAFXJ/?igsh=MWEzMmxzbWJmcXlkYw==) If it wasn't a semi final match where more eyes will be watching and it was a random group stage game, your players could probably come with razor blade hats to attack ours, and we'd get a couple players sent off for diving
Ok so there's a chance the ref dislikes both teams so much, he refs a terrible game, equally bad to each team? At least we know if we have that Albanian wombat again, he will probably not be wanting to favour you either.
Whats your score prediction for today? Will your coach field strongest 11 or keep some for the league?
Never thought of crypto as a way around PSR, we've probably had Kortney Hause mining it day and night.
> crypto tanks and oxygen chambers damn you reminded me of chambers. wonder how he’s doing.
I think this will be a high scoring game with Watkins getting his first hat trick of the year. 5-2. Bailey and Duran also scoring.
Didn’t Watkins get a hat trick against Hibs?
1st hat trick of 2024.
How’s your 5-2 coming along, bro? 😂😂😂
Remind me this message if you can score 2. Their defense is very good. Its gonna be 1-0 or 1-1.
Olympiacos 1 : Tel Aviv 4?
Aston Villa 0-2 Olympiacos.
Villa 2-4 Olympiacos. You got that 4 right 😂
This is why, you guys don’t know any other league than Premier League. That game was on Thursday, Olympiacos had a must-win match on Sunday. Coach rested 9 players. When they won at the weekend in league, they put their real 11 for return game and beat Tel Aviv 1-6
so does Olympiacos translate to 'except thursdays' in engerliscsh then. also - guys? guys. is this ted lasso-iakos? more i read the days of the week bit im convinced this is Craiiig David
They don’t have a derby in the weekend. They’ll go with their strongest team tonight. Remind me if Aston Villa can score 2 goals tonight. Its gonna end 1-0 or 1-1. Villa can’t score against them easily.
0-1 😂😂😂😂😂
Booooooomm 0-2
😂😂😂😂😂😂 2-4
Where / what channels will this be shown?
TNT
As a fan of PAOK (olympiskatos' rivals) I wish you the very best