The expanded Champions League is often shapeless, but Aston Villa’s manager returning to the scene of his greatest trauma stands out“One more match. Just one more match.” Sure, Unai. Sure. Just like all the other matches that generated a local tremor measured at 1 on the Richter scale when that seventh and final goal went in at the Camp Nou in March 2017.It was inevitable that Unai Emery would be asked about the Remontada game on the eve of Aston Villa’s Champions League engagement with Barcelona, his own first trip back to the Camp Nou in this competition since one of the most visceral and traumatic experiences of his managerial career. Continue reading...
Don’t call it a remontada: Emery’s Camp Nou comeback focuses European blur
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The Guardian - UKBy Barney Ronay
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The expanded Champions League is often shapeless, but Aston Villa’s manager returning to the scene of his greatest trauma stands out “One more match. Just one more match.” Sure, Unai. Sure. Just like all the other matches that generated a local tremor measured at 1 on the Richter scale when that seventh and final goal went in at the Camp Nou in March 2017. It was inevitable that Unai Emery would be asked about the Remontada game on the eve of Aston Villa’s Champions League engagement with Barcel
Key Takeaways
- Don’t call it a remontada: Emery’s Camp Nou comeback focuses European blur.
- The expanded Champions League is often shapeless, but Aston Villa’s manager returning to the scene of his greatest trauma stands out “One more match.
- Just one more match.” Sure, Unai.
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