Game #4669
Wednesday, 1 August 2001
Attendance: 30,782
Won
Intertoto Cup Semi Final
Semi Final
Stade Rennais F.C.
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Villa Park
Villa win the Intertoto tie with Stade Rennais courtesy of Darius Vassell's away goal in the first leg as they triumph 1-0 at Villa Park.
Aston Villa
1-0
Stade Rennais F.C.
Assist(s) | David Ginola | 5' |
KEY MAN
Dion Dublin, 5th minute strike
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Dion Dublin, Assist by David Ginola
🟨 | 9’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stade Rennais F.C.
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Paul Merson, Sub on, Mustapha Hadji
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Lee Hendrie, Sub on, Steve Stone
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, David Ginola, Sub on, Darius Vassell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Stade Rennais F.C.
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 1-0 Stade Rennais F.C.
🕒 | Aggregate: Aston Villa a2-2 Stade Rennais F.C.
Villa win on away goals
ON THIS DAY
Darius Vassell's away goal in the previous game proves crucial as Villa progress on away goals.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Stade Rennais F.C.
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Ligue 1 Champions: ❌
Coupe de France Winners: 🏆🏆
Coupe de Ligue Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1970-71
FIXTURE HISTORY
Stade Rennais F.C.
Previous 5 vs. Rennais: 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #160 |
Wednesday, 1 August 2001
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Wolfgang Stark | 🇩🇪 | Landshut, 1999–2014
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟨 2-2
Aggregate Result: 🟨 Drew
🟩 Villa win on away goals
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Wolfgang Stark | 🇩🇪 | Landshut, 1999–2014
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Christian Schräer | 🇩🇪 | Peter Weise | 🇩🇪 |
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
David Ginola replaces Steve Stone.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.91 |
Oldest Player |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 34.54 |
Youngest Player |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 20.45 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 |
Christian Gourcuff | 🇫🇷 |
Aston Villa
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Dion Dublin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Stade Rennais F.C.
GK Eric Durand | 🇫🇷 |
LB Grégory Paisley | 🇫🇷 |
CB Lamine Diatta | 🇸🇳 |
CB Julien Escudé | 🇫🇷 |
M Stéphane Grégoire | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
M Yoann Bigné | 🇫🇷 |
W Gaël Danic | 🇫🇷 |
M Vânderson Marques Pereira | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
W Olivier Monterubbio | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Cyril Chapuis | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Cyril Yapi | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 | for M Paul Merson | 🏴 | 59’ |
🔁 M Steve Stone | 🏴 | for M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | 76’ |
🔁 F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | for W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | 85’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Vânderson Marques Pereira | 🇧🇷 | (M Christophe Le Roux | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | W Olivier Monterubbio | 🇫🇷 | (CF Frédéric Piquionne | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Cyril Chapuis | 🇫🇷 | (CF Lucas Sévérino | 🇧🇷 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Boaz Myhill | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Fabien Debec | 🇫🇷 |
CB Dominique Arribagé | 🇫🇷 |
RB Anthony Réveillère | 🇫🇷 |
M Jocelyn Gourvennec | 🇫🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 5/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🇫🇷 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇫🇷 : 15/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“We had our hearts in our mouths at times.
“I suppose for quite a few of my players its rare for them to be in a Uefa Cup match where they are hanging on by the skin of their teeth.
“We knew one goal would put paid to the game and because we never looked like scoring a second it was a matter of protecting the lead.”
John Gregory.
*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 1 August, 2001
*Villa on track for Uefa Cup*
Dion Dublin’s fifth-minute strike kept alive Aston Villa’s hopes of a place in this season’s Uefa Cup.
Trailing 2-1 from the first leg in France, Villa won on home soil to book their place in one of three Intertoto Cup finals on the away goals rule.
Standing between the Premiership side and a place in the Uefa Cup is Basle, who defeated fellow Swiss outfit Lausanne Sports.
Dublin side-footed the ball home from 10 yards following a superb cross from David Ginola, who had been recalled to the starting line-up by manager John Gregory.
Rennes had chances to level on the night but could not find a way past Peter Enckelman in the Villa goal.
“We had our hearts in our mouths at times,” said Gregory. “I suppose for quite a few of my players its rare for them to be in a Uefa Cup match where they are hanging on by the skin of their teeth.
“We knew one goal would put paid to the game and because we never looked like scoring a second it was a matter of protecting the lead.”
