UEFA Conference League: Unai Emery Says Plenty Of Work For Aston Villa To Do In Second Leg Against Lille

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery knows his side have plenty of work to do in next week바카라�s Europa Conference League quarter-final second leg in Lille. (More Football News)

Villa will travel to France with a 2-1 advantage thanks to first-leg goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn gave the on-looking Prince of Wales something to cheer about.

But Lille showed they are no pushovers and Bafode Diakite바카라�s late header kept the tie alive after they had been repelled by an impressive performance from Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

Villa must now go to northern France next week and finish the job if they are to make their first European semi-final since they won the European Cup in 1982.

That will not be an easy task as the French football federation have postponed Lille바카라�s Ligue 1 game this weekend to give them extra time to prepare and they have only been beaten once at home all season.

Emery, who celebrated his 1,000th game as a manager, said: 바카라�Difficult match, we are ready to play another 90 minutes, we played the first 90 minutes, we didn바카라�t control the game like we wanted and defensively we were doing more work than we prepared for because we wanted to control the game with our positioning.

바카라�With the respect we have got for them, they showed it.

바카라�The result is tight, but more or less it was a fine for both teams. Now another 90 minutes, enjoy playing in Europe, enjoy playing a quarter-final.

바카라�Be ready to play 90 minutes, even extra time, even a penalty shootout because now it is in this moment everything is difficult.바카라�

Lille boss Paulo Fonseca, who almost took over at Newcastle and Tottenham in the last few years, felt Watkins바카라� goal should have been disallowed for a foul by Morgan Rogers on Ismally.

바카라�I don바카라�t understand what is going on, it was a foul on the first goal,바카라� he said.

바카라�I understand it is difficult for the referee with VAR it is just incredible they miss these things. It바카라�s not good what is going on in football, the referees must look at what is going on in the moment.

바카라�A lot of matches, it is not football, it is blocking like in basketball. The first goal was a clear foul, a clear block. Being physical is one thing, fouling is another.바카라�

However, after the way they created chances at Villa Park, Fonseca knows the tie is very much alive.

바카라�We created the opportunity to get a better result,바카라� he added. 바카라�I바카라�m satisfied with the courage of my players but at the end of the day, we바카라�ve lost.

바카라�I know that it바카라�s difficult match, they바카라�ve got great players, a great coach and a lot of experience so they have certain advantages but I must continue to believe it바카라�s possible.바카라�