#FT: Aston Villa 2-1 AZ Alkmaar
Venue: Villa Park
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Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez, Clément Lenglet, Diego Carlos (Pau Torres), Lucas Digne, Ezri Konsa (Matty Cash), Moussa Diaby (Nicolò Zaniolo), Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans (Douglas Luiz), Ollie Watkins, John McGinn, Leon Bailey (Bertrand Traoré).
Subs: Calum Chambers, Robin Olsen, Filip Marshall, Leander Dendoncker, Jhon Durán, Álex Moreno.
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AZ Alkmaar
Mathew Ryan, Bruno Martins Indi, Riechedly Bazoer, David Wolfe, Yukinari Sugawara, Dani de Wit (Djordje Mihailovic), Sven Mijnans (Jens Odgaard), Jordy Clasie (Tiago Dantas), Vangelis Pavlidis, Ruben Van Bommel (Myron van Brederode), Sadiq Ibrahim (Ernest Poku).
Subs: Denso Kasius, Hobie Verhulst, Wouter Goes, Alexandre Penetra, Kenzo Goudmijn, Maxim Dekker, Daniel Deen.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
52’ Goal! Aston Villa 0, AZ 1. Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riechedly Bazoer with a through ball.
61’ Goal! Aston Villa 1, AZ 1. Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leon Bailey with a cross following a corner.
69’ Substitution, AZ. Ernest Poku replaces Ibrahim Sadiq.
69’ Substitution, AZ. Djordje Mihailovic replaces Dani de Wit.
69’ Substitution, AZ. Myron van Brederode replaces Ruben van Bommel.
74’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz replaces Youri Tielemans.
74’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Matty Cash replaces Ezri Konsa.
74’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Moussa Diaby.
81’ Goal! Aston Villa 2, AZ 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a through ball.
88’ Substitution, AZ. Jens Odgaard replaces Sven Mijnans.
88’ Substitution, AZ. Tiago Dantas replaces Jordy Clasie.
90’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Pau Torres replaces Diego Carlos because of an injury.
90’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Leon Bailey.
Can someone explain to me how the first goal was disallowed for offside? I only saw the highlights. The corner kick taker *was* in an offside position, but isn’t there that stupid rule that if an opposing play actively plays the ball (like the defender who cleared it off the line) then it nullifies the offside?
The answer is Bailey wasn’t offside and the team has been told as such
Also Villa were the team where this ruling really became apparent (in a very different situation where rodri came from an offside position to tackle mings as he controlled the ball - which obviously should be offside and in the future wouldn’t be) but any deliberate playing of the ball nullifies offside. Plus Bailey didn’t even gain advantage from the offside position so it really was a double whammy here.