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Goals and highlights: Walsall vs Aston Villa in Friendly Match (1-1)
We'll leave it at that
End the game
90'
+2
80'
Few chances being created on either side
66'
Second half with little excitement
56'
Cash takes a shot from distance and sends it over the goal
53' PLAY CONTINUES
Konsa complains about penalty, but referee rules game over
50'
Buendia stamps his marker as he shoots from inside the area and claws away the corner
45'
Second half begins
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All square after 45. 🤝 — Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) July 15, 2023
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⏸️ All square at the break! #Saddlers ⚪️⚪️ pic.twitter.com/Fq7FsaYSf6 — Walsall FC Official (@WFCOfficial) July 15, 2023
46'
First half ends
45'
+1
43' GOAL ASTON VILLA
Watkins displaces Evans to make it all square
42' PENALTY
Philogene is fouled inside the area
31' GOAL WALSSAL
After a corner kick, the defense fails to clear it and Danny Johnson puts it in the back of the net
25'
Watkins crosses to the far post. Ramsey dominates and ends up missing
16'
Villa exchange passes in defense, keep looking for spaces, but lack quality
9'
Philogene crosses to Watkins, who passes to Douglas Luiz. The Brazilian gets his foot to it and finishes it off
7'
Buendia finishes inside the area and sends it straight out
6'
Slow and sluggish start to the game
00'
Ball rolling
Aston Villa with their 11
Introducing your Aston Villa team to face Walsall this afternoon. 👊 — Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) July 15, 2023
Walsall roster
📋𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦📋
🥁 Introducing the #Saddlers team to take on @AVFCOfficial this afternoon! pic.twitter.com/G3YxUG9odP — Walsall FC Official (@WFCOfficial) July 15, 2023
Bescot Stadium
2023/24 starts here. pic.twitter.com/nIhlNQOVjn — Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) July 15, 2023
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Speak, Pau Torres!
"It's a project that, in the last year, has evolved very quickly. When the boss arrived, the team was struggling in a different situation in the league and ended up qualifying for Europe. I think it was a big step for the club and it shows they have ambition to improve year on year, and this year I hope we can position ourselves higher in the table.
We had conversations with the boss (Unai Emery) where he explained to me the project he has here at Aston Villa, a project that attracted me. We had been talking about the possibility of me coming and we thought it was the best time for it to happen. And well, here I am. I'm eager to get started and I'm eager to show my soccer skills.
Luckily, pretty much every year of my short career so far, I've had the opportunity to play for Villarreal in European competitions year after year and it's something I want to keep striving for. And if my soccer ability helps the team to position itself as high as possible and year after year we can play in European competitions, I think that's going to be the challenge for the team this year, so I'm really looking forward to doing that here in England."
Speak, Mat Sadler!
"Tuesday was a fantastically positive night. It was the first step towards the start of the season, but it changes completely for Saturday. The levels will go up a bit, it's a tough game, but everyone got through Tuesday and everyone worked after it as well.
Defensively, we looked good and strong. I was very disappointed with the goal we conceded, which I told the boys. We must have that kind of attitude throughout the season every time we concede a goal. You will always get that from me, we want zeros - we always want zeros, so I was disappointed we conceded, but that was the only blot on the night.
I've attended Walsall v Aston Villa games in recent years and they're always fantastic occasions for the soccer club. We want to make sure we get something out of it, we want it to be competitive. We want to be up front and we want to try things.
We don't want it to be about what the opposition does, we want it to be about what we do. That's the most important thing for me, going into it with a plan, a way we want to approach the game and give a good account of ourselves, which I'm sure we will do."
Villans
Under Unai Emery, Aston Villa have secured themselves a place in Europe's Conference League after finishing seventh in the Premier League on 61 points, one behind Brighton, who will play in the Europa League.
Youri Tielemans left Leicester to join the Villans. As did Pau Torres, in the case of Villarreal.
Saddlers
Participating in League Two, England's fourth tier, Walsall ended the campaign in 14th position, having earned 55 points. The Saddlers began their pre-season with a 4-1 win over Leamington last Tuesday. Head coach Mat Sadler has three reinforcements so far for 2023-24. Priestly Farquharson, Ryan Stirk and Chris Hussey, plus the returns of Danny Johnson and Douglas James-Taylor, who were on loan at the club last year.
Eye on the game
Walsall vs Aston Villa this Saturday (15), at the Bescot Stadium at 8 am ET, for the Friendly Match.
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