Game #5003
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Lost
Group F
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
UEFA Cup
Attendance: 49,121
Hamburger SV
HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
Hamburger SV
3-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Moustapha Salifou | 83' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Martin O'Neill once again sends a second string line up into action in Europe and they once again lose but qualification is secured due to results elsewhere and a UEFA Cup Round of 32 berth is Villa's.
KEY MAN
Steve Sidwell, sent off in a dead rubber
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 0-1, (Hamburger SV), Mladen Petric
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-2, (Hamburger SV), Ivica Olic
🕒 | HT Hamburger SV 2-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 50’ Booking, Zat Knight
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 0-3, (Hamburger SV), Ivica Olic
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Barry Bannan 🟢
🟨 | 65’ Booking, Steve Sidwell
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 1-3, Nathan Delfouneso, Assist by Moustapha Salifou
🟨 | 84’ Booking, Steve Sidwell
🟥 | 84’ Sending off, Steve Sidwell
🕒 | FT Hamburger SV 3-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Martin O'Neill's 'Cup side' lose again in Europe but qualification to the Group of 32 is safe despite successive defeats for the weakened side. Meanwhile, Barry Bannan made his Villa debut as a substitute aged 19 after coming through the schoolboy ranks following his move from Celtic in July 2004.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Hamburger SV
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
European Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
German Champions (Bundesliga): 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
DFB-Pokal Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1986-87
FIXTURE HISTORY
Hamburger SV
Previous 5 vs. Hamburg: None
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #28 |
Manager Game | #111 |
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev | 🇷🇺 | Moscow, 2007-2016
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 111 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 | 36 🟥 31 | 1.51
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev | 🇷🇺 | Moscow, 2007-2016 🆘
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Tikhon Kalugin, Oleg Tselovalnikov
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟥 🟨 🟨
Hamburger SV
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill makes his usual raft of changes for the UEFA Cup with Zat Knight, Craig Gardner, Nigel Reo-Coker, Marlon Harewood, Moustapha Salifou, Nicky Shorey, Nathan Delfouneso and Brad Guzan replacing James Milner, Curtis Davies, Brad Friedel, Gareth Barry, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Stiliyan Petrov, Ashley Young and Martin Laursen.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.73 |
Oldest Player |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 29.44 |
Youngest Player |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 17.88 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | 🔥 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Martin Jol | 🇳🇱 |
Hamburger SV
GK Frank Rost | 🇩🇪 |
LB Dennis Aogo | 🇩🇪 |
CB Bastien Reinhardt | 🇩🇪 |
CB Joris Mathijsen | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 |
CB Jérôme Boateng | 🇩🇪 |
M Collin Benjamin | 🇳🇦 |
M David Jarolím | 🇨🇿 |
M Pietr Trochowski | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Mladen Petrić | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Ivica Olić | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ | (🔁 |
CF Marcell Jansen | 🇩🇪 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Barry Bannan | 🏴 | 🟢 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 61’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Pietr Trochowski | 🇩🇪 | (M Änis Ben-Hatira | 🇹🇳 |)
🔁 | CF Mladen Petrić | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ | (M Thiago Neves | 🇧🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Ivica Olić | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ |⚽ | (CF Paolo Guerrero | 🇵🇪 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Shane Lowry | 🇮🇪 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Wolfgang Hesl | 🇩🇪 |
RB Guy Demel | 🇨🇮 |
CF Tunay Torun | 🇹🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 5/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
Home Nation 🇩🇪 : 6/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 M Barry Bannan | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I’m disappointed, naturally. Some of the goals we conceded were poor tonight.
“I feel sorry for the fans who travelled all this way. I spoke to some of them on Tuesday and told them why I’d kept some first-teamers like Gabby Agbonlahor at home, so I hope they accepted my explanation.
“But that’s not the point. You want to win every game you play and we didn’t.”
Martin O'Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
*Aston Villa’s second-string team were comprehensively outplayed in their final Uefa Cup group game in Hamburg.*
Having already qualified for the last 32, Villa made a raft of changes and Mladen Petric volleyed Hamburg ahead.
Ivica Olic headed in Dennis Aogo’s left-wing cross and Olic made it 3-0 with another fine strike after Craig Gardner nearly scored at the other end.
Nathan Delfouneso deflected in a late consolation, before Steve Sidwell was sent off for a second bookable offence.
Villa finished third in Group F and now play a group winner in the last 32.
The draw for the next round takes place in Nyon at 1200 GMT on Friday.
The result is of little significance to boss Martin O’Neill, who claimed before the game he did not care whether they finished first, second or third in their group.
But he will be concerned by the level of performance of several fringe players who were second-best throughout at the Nordbank Arena.
They barely had a touch of the ball in the first 10 minutes as Hamburg knocked it around with nonchalance, before Martin Jol’s side took the lead in sumptuous fashion.
Bastian Reinhardt hit a sensational 50-yard diagonal pass into the path of Petric and the Croatian did not need to break stride, teeing himself up with his first touch before volleying left-footed into the corner from 20 yards.
It was a delightful way to break the deadlock and Hamburg’s passing from deep was causing Villa all sorts of problems, Olic nearly getting on the end of another pinpoint long-range ball.
With Marlon Harewood ploughing a lone furrow up front and 17-year-old striker Delfouneso playing in an unfamiliar position out on the left, Villa’s attacking play was lacking any sort of fluency.
After half an hour the hosts got a deserved second, with Marcell Jansen laying the ball back for Aogo to send over a cross and Olic getting in front of the disappointing Carlos Cuellar to head in-off a post.
The hosts were toying with Villa and after Gardner shot over, Hamburg could have made it 3-0 when Jansen smashed a glorious 30-yarder against the crossbar with Brad Guzan beaten.
Hamburg did not have to wait too much longer to extend their lead, though they did so in controversial circumstances.
It all started in the Hamburg box, with Gardner close to getting on the end of Luke Young’s cross from the right, Frank Rost taking Gardner out as the keeper - just - made contact with the ball.
Villa wanted a penalty, but Joris Mathijsen played on and hit a stunning 70-yard pass into the path of Olic, who easily held off Cuellar to hammer past Guzan.
Gardner limped off with stud marks all over his knee, Barry Bannan coming on in his place to make his Villa debut.
With the game dead and buried, Villa improved and they got on the scoresheet late on when Delfouneso showed sharp reflexes to deflect Moustapha Salifou’s into the net.
But their misery was compounded when Sidwell pulled back David Jarolim and was shown his second yellow card, Jansen nearly rubbing salt into the wound when his injury-time shot cannoned off the crossbar.
*Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill:*
“I’m disappointed, naturally. Some of the goals we conceded were poor tonight.
“I feel sorry for the fans who travelled all this way. I spoke to some of them on Tuesday and told them why I’d kept some first-teamers like Gabby Agbonlahor at home, so I hope they accepted my explanation.
“But that’s not the point. You want to win every game you play and we didn’t.”