The Champions League final 16 kicks off tonight, with 4 enormous first legs going down throughout the continent.
Observe all of the motion right here.
Membership Brugge v Aston Villa
Scorers: De Cuyper 12ā²; Bailey 3ā²
Villa took the lead inside simply three minutes of their first Champions League knockout sport in over 40 years by way of Leon Bailey.
Youri Tielemans floated a long-range free kick into the field which Tyrone Mings headed the ball downwards to the center of the field, the place Leon Bailey met it with an excellent left-footed end previous Simon Mignolet.
Villa seemed like they might get a second, however Brugge shocked them with an equaliser in a frenetic begin to the sport. Christos Tzolis acquired the ball vast on the left, and cushioned it again to Maxim De Cuyper, whose low end went previous Emi MartĆnez and into the nook of the online.
The sport continued till the half at a speedy tempo, with each side seeking to assault at any time when they had been on the ball. MartĆnez was the one keeper known as into actual motion, although, with the Argentine making a high quality save to disclaim Chemsdine Talbi.
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