Lille vs Aston Villa LIVE: Europa Conference League result and reaction after Villa win on penalties
The Europa Conference League quarter-final is still up for grabs after a tight first-leg last week
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Your support makes all the difference.Emiliano Martinez was the unsurprising star of a dramatic penalty shootout as Aston Villa edged past Lille and into the semi-final of the Europa Conference League.
The Argentina goalkeeper, who helped his country win the World Cup 18 months ago, produced some similar heroics in France, saving spot-kicks from Nabil Bentaleb and Benjamin Andre to earn a 4-3 shootout win after the quarter-final had ended 3-3 on aggregate after two legs.
There was plenty of his trademark dark arts on show as he shushed the baiting French crowd, who had not forgotten what happened in Qatar, and then caused confusion by receiving a yellow card from the referee in the middle of the shootout, having already been booked in normal time.
But bookings are not carried forward into the shootout meaning he could stay on and send Villa into a first European semi-final since 1982. Follow all the reaction below plus get the latest odds and tips right here:
PENALTIES: Lille 1-3 Aston Villa
Matty Cash up next. The Poland international hits it low and to the left, sending Chevalier the wrong way.
PENALTIES: Lille 1-2 Aston Villa
Martinez stays in goal! The referee has had a shocker all night, and that’s no different.
Jonathan David lines up the penalty and he slots it down the middle.
PENALTIES: Lille 0-2 Aston Villa
Watkins is waiting to take the next penalty, but it looks like Emi Martinez has been sent off! Confusion here, as it looks like maybe the referee has changed his mind.
In any case, Watkins steps up and fires his penalty into the top-left corner.
PENALTIES: Lille 0-1 Aston Villa
Bentaleb is the first Lille player up to take. He fires his spot-kick down to the right and Martinez makes a great save!
PENALTIES: Lille 0-1 Aston Villa
Tielemans takes first and easily slides it home, just right of down the middle. 1-0!
PENALTIES: Lille 0-0 Aston Villa
We’ve seen one English side go out of Europe on penalties so far this week. Are we about to see another?
Martinez will be hoping to repeat some of his previous penalty-related heroics.
FULL-TIME! Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
FULL-TIME IN EXTRA TIME! We’re going to penalties in Lille.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
120 mins: Just one minute of added time as it looks like both sides have accepted penalties.
ET: Lille 2-1 Aston Villa
119 mins: Lille threaten to counter, but Konsa does brilliantly to dispossess David.
Villa attack again with Rogers down the wing; he turns past the defender and hits in a hopeful cross, which Duran hits right at Chevalier!
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