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Game #4496

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 9 December 1997

Aston Villa

2-0

Steaua Bucharest

UEFA Cup

Steaua București

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,102

Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa win at Villa Park in the UEFA 3rd Round to take the tie on aggregate against Steaua București despite being beaten in Budapest.

KEY MAN

Savo Milošević, fired Villa into last eight

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 9 December 1997

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Steaua București
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Simon Grayson, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 1-0, Savo Milošević
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Fernando Nélson
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 2-0, Ian Taylor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Steaua București
Villa win 3-2 on aggregate

ON THIS DAY

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Steaua București

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
Liga 1 Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Cupa României Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1996-97

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Steaua București

Previous 5 vs. Steaua: 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #150 |
Tuesday, 9 December 1997

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Bernd Heynemann | 🇩🇪 | Magdeburg, 1988–1999
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩
Aggregate Score: 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 150 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 | 41 🟥 44 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Bernd Heynemann | 🇩🇪 | Magdeburg, 1988–1999
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Ian Taylor replaces Dwight Yorke.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.99 |

Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.53 |

Youngest Player
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 24.28 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Mihai Stoichiţă | 🇷🇴 |

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Steaua București

GK Zoltan Ritli | 🇷🇴 |
LB Iulian Miu | 🇷🇴 |
CB Valeriu Răchită | 🇷🇴 | 🔁 |
CB Adrian Matei | 🇷🇴 |
RB Tiberiu Csik | 🇷🇴 |
M Iosif Rotariu | 🇷🇴 |
M Laurentiu Reghecampf | 🇷🇴 |
M Catalin Munteanu | 🇷🇴 |
M Damian Militaru | 🇷🇴 |
CF Cristian Ciocoiu | 🇷🇴 | 🔁 |
CF Marius Lăcătuş | 🇷🇴 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Simon Grayson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 62’ |
🔁 | RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Valeriu Răchită | 🇷🇴 | (M Erik Lincar | 🇷🇴 |)
🔁 | CF Cristian Ciocoiu | 🇷🇴 | (CF Lavi Hrib | 🇷🇴 |)
🔁 | CF Marius Lăcătuş | 🇷🇴 | (CF Marius Luca | 🇷🇴 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Lee Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Daniel Gherasim | 🇷🇴 |
CB Marius Baciu | 🇷🇴 |
M Ciprian Mozacu | 🇷🇴 |
M Narcis Raducan | 🇷🇴 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/17

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇷🇴 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇷🇴 : 18/18

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"Milosevic, who had scored the winner in the first round against Bordeaux, again came up trumps with the vital opening goal after 71 minutes of a tense third round tie."

MATCH REPORT

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*The Irish Independent*
Wednesday, 10 December 1997

Savo puts Villa into last eight SAVO MILOSEVIC and lan Taylor fired Aston Villa into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup for the first time in 20 years as Steaua Bucharest's resistance crumbled at Villa Park last night. Milosevic, who had scored the winner in the first round against Bordeaux, again came up trumps with the vital opening goal after 71 minutes of a tense third round tie. The Yugoslav international drilled home from the edge of the area to draw Villa level 2-2 on aggregate and that would have been good enough to take them through on the away goal rule. But then Taylor put the icing on an outstanding individual display in midfield when he scored the second goal five minutes from time to send the 35,000 crowd wild with delight. It was no more than Villa deserved for they had dominated territorially throughout and, with steadier finishing, would not have left the tie on a knife edge for so long. Villa, whose leading scorer Dwight Yorke failed a fitness test on a heel injury, should have taken the lead in the 18th minute. Irish international Steve Staunton subject of speculation linking him to a big money move to Italian club Lazio had Steaua 'keeper Ritli beaten all ends up with his thumping free-kick from 20 yards, but it cannoned off the crossbar and flew over the top. Collymore could have had a hat-trick, while Taylor and Staunton also missed some very good chances before Milosevk pounced in the 71st minute. He latched onto a long ball from Staunton and broke clear of Csik, before rifling a low shot past Ritli. Then five minutes from time Hendrie released Taylor who beat the offside trap and kept his cool to plant a shot wide of the exposed Steaua 'keeper.

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