{"id":653507,"date":"2025-04-09T13:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=653507"},"modified":"2025-04-09T13:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:49:42","slug":"aston-villa-confirmed-lineup-psg-apr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/04\/09\/aston-villa-confirmed-lineup-psg-apr\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa Confirmed Lineup Paris Saint-Germain for April 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the Aston Villa confirmed lineup for their Champions League clash with French giants Paris Saint-Germain. This is the first of two legs and will see Unai Emery’<\/a>s side aiming to get any kind of positive result away at the Parc des Princes to take back to home ground on the second leg. There is some added spice to this one too as Emery is a former PSG manager, having been there from 2016 to 2018, winning a host of domestic trophies in that time.<\/p>\n

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Aston Villa Confirmed Lineup vs PSG in Champions League Tie<\/h2>\n

Aston Villa Team News<\/h3>\n

Emi Martinez starts in goal as would be expected. Matty Cash is in defence with Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, and Lucas Digne, Youri Tielemans partners in Boubacar Kamara as the defensive sitting midfielders with an attacking unit of John McGinn, Jacob Ramsay, Morgan Rogers, and Marcus Rashford.<\/p>\n

Ollie Watkins is available from the bench with names like Ian Maatsen, Ross Barkley, Amadou Onana, Marco Asensio, and others to help turn the game around if needed.<\/p>\n

Notable Changes<\/h3>\n

There are some changes made to keep legs fresh like Rashford, Ramsay, McGinn, and Kamara coming in for some of the usual starters. This kind of rotation could help keep the energy up for the Villans who can call on the reinforcements if needed.<\/p>\n

Partis Saint-Germain Team News<\/h3>\n

Donnarumma, Hakimi, Kvaratshkelia, Fabian Ruiz, Dembele, Doue, Vitinha, Mendes, Beraldo, Pacho, Neves<\/p>\n

Aston Villa Champions League Squad<\/h3>\n
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  • Emiliano Martinez<\/li>\n
  • Robin Olsen<\/li>\n
  • Matty Cash<\/li>\n
  • Axel Disasi<\/li>\n
  • Ezri Konsa<\/li>\n
  • Tyrone Mings<\/li>\n
  • Lucas Digne<\/li>\n
  • Pau Torres<\/li>\n
  • Ian Maatsen<\/li>\n
  • Lamare Bogarde<\/li>\n
  • Boubacar Kamara<\/li>\n
  • Ross Barkley<\/li>\n
  • Josh McGinn<\/li>\n
  • Youri Tielemans<\/li>\n
  • Amadou Onana<\/li>\n
  • Jacob Ramsey<\/li>\n
  • Marcus Rashford<\/li>\n
  • Ollie Watkins<\/li>\n
  • Marco Asensio<\/li>\n
  • Morgan Rogers<\/li>\n
  • Leon Bailey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Stay tuned for the Aston Villa confirmed lineup. There will be news as well as discussions on who started, who is dropped, and what tweaks we may see. Keep your eyes on this one as it could be an exciting tie in the Champions League between the French giants and the Premier League’s feelgood story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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