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The Guardian // Sport

‘We have to believe’: Emery calls on Aston Villa to produce PSG comeback

Monday 14th April 2025, 3:17PM

Manager wants Villa Park to be ‘a fortress’ on TuesdayVilla trail French champions 3-1 from first leg in ParisUnai Emery urged his Aston Villa players to “write history” by recording a memorable comeback victory over Paris Saint-Germain to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Villa must overturn a two-goal deficit after a first-leg defeat in France and the Villa manager doubled down on his belief that Villa can cause a shock, with Emery adamant the “fortress” atmosphere at Villa Park on Tuesday can help his side find a winning formula.Emery said PSG’s 3-1 lead does not alter the task at hand. “I have experiences coming back from results, positively and negatively,” he said. “Now it is something different, we want to write here the history with Aston Villa. Last year [we played] in the Conference League and this year in the Champions League and [now] hopefully for a long time in Europe. My experiences before were different … sometimes losing away and winning at home, sometimes losing at home and winning away. More winning than losing … but I had some negative experiences as well.” Continue reading...

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