Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 July 2008
2008-09
3rd Round
Won
1-0
Odense Boldklub
Intertoto Cup
Villa Park
Attendance: 34,394
๐ฉ 26 Jul 2008, Villa 1-0 Odense, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Ashley Young | 50โ |
Assist(s) | None
Fixture List
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Saturday, 26 July 2008
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Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Martin O'Neill | ๐ฌ๐ง | 2006-2010
๐ 85 | ๐ฉ | 31 ๐จ | 30 ๐ฅ 24 | 1.45
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Game #4977
Match Record
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Saturday, 26 July 2008
Game Record
Manager: Martin OโNeill | ๐ฌ๐ง | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Cรผneyt รakฤฑr | ๐น๐ท | Istanbul, 2008
Kick off: 5.15pm
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0 (3-2)
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Odense: ๐จ
Total ๐ 2 | ๐ฉ W1 (50% ) | ๐จ D1 | ๐บ(100% ) | ๐ฅ L0 (0% ) | โฝ 3 | ๐ฅ 2 | GD 1
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Odense Boldklub
European Cup / Champions League: โ
Danish Champions: ๐๐๐
Danish Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 2006-07
Squad News
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
๐ด RB Wilfred Bouma | ๐ณ๐ฑ | 2005-08 | ๐ 90 | 87 (3) | โฝ 1 | ๐ฅ 2 | ๐บ 7 | #784 |
๐ด GK Stuart Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2005-09 | ๐ 17 | 14 (3) | โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐บ 112 | #788 |
Match Timeline
๐ | 14โ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma ๐ด Sub on, Gareth Barry
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Odense Boldklub
โฝ | 50โ Goal, 1-0, Ashley Young
๐ | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Odense Boldklub
Officials
Referee: Cรผneyt รakฤฑr | ๐น๐ท | Istanbul, 2008
Assistants: Bahattin Duran | ๐น๐ท | Hรผseyin Fidan | ๐น๐ท |
Officials
Referee Profile
VAR Profile (Post 2021)
Officials
Villa Bookings
None
Villa Sendings Off
None
Opposition Bookings
๐จ Johan Absalonsen
Opposition Sendings Off
None
Match Stats
Not recorded
Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Martin O'Neill | ๐ฌ๐ง | 2006-2010
GK Stuart Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Zat Knight | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Martin Laursen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
RB Wilfred Bouma | ๐ณ๐ฑ | ๐ด | ๐ |
M Craig Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Stiliyan Petrov | ๐ง๐ฌ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Steve Sidwell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Ashley Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF John Carew | ๐ณ๐ด |
Substitutes
๐ M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for RB Wilfred Bouma | ๐ณ๐ฑ | 14โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Elliot Parish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Isaiah Osbourne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Shaun Maloney | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Moustapha Salifou | ๐น๐ฌ |
W Wayne Routledge | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Marlon Harewood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Odense Boldklub
Lars Olsen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
GK Arkadiusz Onyszko | ๐ต๐ฑ |
CB Atle Roar Hรฅland | ๐ณ๐ด |
CB Chris Sรถrensen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
CB Jonas Troest | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
RB Thomas Helveg | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | ๐ |
M Hans Henrik Andreasen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | ๐ |
M Eric Djemba-Djemba (ex) | ๐จ๐ฒ |
M Henrik Hansen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
W Johan Absalonsen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | ๐จ |
CF Djiby Fall | ๐ธ๐ณ |
CF Bjรถrn Runstrรถm | ๐ธ๐ช | ๐ |
Substitutes
๐ | RB Thomas Helveg | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | (RB Espen Ruud | ๐ณ๐ด |)
๐ | M Hans Henrik Andreasen | ๐ฉ ๐ฐ | (W Christian Bolaรฑos | ๐จ๐ท |)
๐ | CF Bjรถrn Runstrรถm | ๐ธ๐ช | (CF Anders Jacobsen | ๐ณ๐ด |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Anders Lindegaard | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
M Morten Bisgaard | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
M Matti Lund Nielsen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
M Peter Nymann | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
Team News
Aston Villa
Not recorded
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up.
Odense Boldklub
Not Recorded
Matchday Squads
Aston Villa
Odense Boldklub
Match Media

What they Said
โTheyโve [Liverpool] not officially come back to us in any form of writing [an offer for Gareth Barry after unsettling him in 2007-08]. Itโs a really awkward position.
โI wouldnโt mind it ending one way or another. Weโve our own plans to make.โ
โWe shouldnโt be at Liverpoolโs behest.
โWe havenโt heard back from Liverpool for some time.
โWhen people say people are in limbo, I donโt think that applies to anybody more than ourselves. We donโt know whether to move forward or not with it.โ
โMy preference - and hopefully Iโm speaking for a lot of Villa fans, if not all of them - is that we would like Gareth to stay at the football club.
โThat would be great because it will be hard to replace him, but weโre not sure where Liverpool stand now.
โHe will be in contention for Saturday.
โI have never not been impressed with him in two years as to his attitude on the football pitch.
โIn fairness the Intertoto gives us that chance to get into the Uefa Cup, which we set out to get into by one way or another, and Gareth was a major part of that last year.โ
โI am a bit squeamish and the pictures [of Wilfred Boumaโs injury] were not so good.
โHowever, Wilfred has good strength of character and I hope heโll come through it. I am sure he will because if anyone can it is him.
โItโs a dislocation, which is still a bad injury, which you could see by the reaction of the players.
โThe hospital have put it in plaster and got it reset but obviously there can be loads of complications.
โItโs terrible news because he played every single game last season. He was fantastic, but heโll come through it.โ
Martin OโNeill.
*Aston Villa booked a spot in the final Uefa Cup qualifying round with a win over Odense but the match was marred by a serious injury to Wilfred Bouma.*
The Dutch defender suffered a dislocated ankle early in a match that Villa won thanks to a second-half strike from Ashley Young.
The England midfielder fired in an unstoppable shot from 20 yards that gave keeper Arkadiusz Onyszko no hope.
John Carew also went close with a header that hit the crossbar.
Villa began brightly but the early injury to Bouma, which resulted in play being stopped for about five minutes in order for treatment to be administered, seemed to unsettle Martin OโNeillโs side during the first half.
Nevertheless, the Premier League outfit went close on a handful of occasions, with Youngโs free-kick deflected over the bar by Jonas Troest before Carew screwed his turn-and-shot fractionally wide.
There were a couple of scares for the home side, with Henrik Hansen forcing a save from Stuart Taylor and Baye Fall striking the post after finding himself in a one-on-one situation with the Villa keeper.
OโNeillโs men looked a different proposition after the break as first-half substitute Gareth Barry exerted his influence.
Barry had come on to replace Bouma in defence and received a warm welcome, despite facing the wrath of Villa fans in the midweek friendly against Walsall as a consequence of his desire to leave the club.
The England midfielder took a number of pinpoint set-pieces but had little say in Villaโs winner, which was created and finished by his international team-mate Young.
The sprightly winger cut in from the left to smash a vicious effort into the top left corner.
Villa upped the tempo and should have had at least doubled their total, with Carew hitting the bar from Barryโs free-kick and Gabriel Agbonlahor screwing wide from 12 yards.
But with a poor Odense needing two goals, Villa did not need to panic and they saw out the game comfortably.
Match Highlights
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