Aston villa secured their place in the quarterfinals Champions League To an emphasis with a 3-0 victory over Club Brugge in Birmingham on Wednesday night.
Two goals of Marca Asensio both sides of Ian Maatsen’s strike ensured that Villas had passed 6-1 to the aggregate, after winning 3-1 in Bruggge last time.
Unai emery He should be delighted with the performance of his part against ten men of Club Brugge, who sent Kyriani Sabba in the first half, and especially with Asensi – who played from the bench.
Performance by Marco Asensio vs. Bruggge Club
He was appointed on the bench for the start of the match, but the manager at halftime brought him to the English striker Ollie Watkins at halftime, and the team was drawing 0-0.
The Spaniard scored his first and initial goal for Villa shortly after his introduction when he found a space in a box that, clumsily, with his weaker right foot into the roof of the net.
His second, however, was a simpler finish. Marcus Rashford did great to create a space for the cross left and reduce the ball back so that the PSG loan to sweep the ball next to the goalie.
The 29-year-old Maestro was not the only star for Villanane on the night, as the left back Maatsen made his best appearance for the club from his constant move from Chelsea last summer.
The best performance of Ian Maatsen from Aston Villa
The Dutch International has only It started four times In the Premier League and three times in the Champions League this season, since Lucas has been preferred by him, but this performance can convince Emery to share more time to play.
The night was as good as Asensio because of the excellent contribution of the UI outside Villa on the left flank, playing a full 90 minutes.
Maatsen won four of his six Defense duels, making two intercepts and one accessories without dripping once, and this shows that the Brugga club players were difficult to improve it.
|
Ian Maatsen |
VS Brugge |
24/25 UCL (per game) |
|---|---|---|
|
Pass the accuracy |
94% |
90% |
|
Organizing + interceptions |
3 |
2.0 |
|
The success rate of the duel |
67% |
56% |
|
Key passes |
3 |
0.5 |
|
Dribbled past by match |
0x |
0.5x |
|
Sofaskor assessment |
8.4 |
6.99 |
As you can see in the table above, the Dutch Dynamo was sublime with his use of the ball, creating three chances and finishing 94% of his passage attempts to go with his aim.
Maatsen, to whom he was handed a a Player rating from 8/10 Both of Birminghammail And a goalPut in your best appearance in the Villa T -shirt, how he illustrated his statistics compared to the average production in the competition of this term.
It was also his first goal for Villa, his highest sofascore rating (8.4) for Villa, his most important chances were created (three) in the game for Villa and his common passage rate (94%) as a starter in the Champions League or Premier League this season.
Overall, it was a statement by Maatsen, who combined defensive firmness with fluidity attack, and that could earn more starts for him and a minute between the now and the end of the campaign, because the defender showed how good he could be at the best order.
