Paulo Fonseca's team was close to victory at full time, but missed, for which they paid in a penalty shootout.

Aston Villa defeated Lille in a penalty shootout in the Conference League quarterfinal match..

The main hour of the match ended with a 2:1 draw on the score of the " At the warehouse of the team of Paulo Fonseca, the goals were scored by Yaziji and Andre, three minutes before the end of the main hour of the match, the “Levy” won with a goal from Cash.

There were no goals in the additional halves, so there was a penalty shootout, where the team of Unai Emeri was the strongest with a score of 4:3.

Thus, Aston Villa reached the semifinals of the Conference League, where they will play against the bet Olympiakos - Fenerbahce.

Lille - Aston Villa 2:1 (penalty shootout 3:

4) (first match 1:2) Goals: Yazici 15, Andre 68 - Cash 87.

Lille: Chevalier - Santos, Diakite, Yoro, Ismaili - Andre, Bentaleb - Yaziji (Cavaleiro 86), Haraldsson (Gomez 77), Gudmundsson (Cabella 91) - David.

Aston Villa: Martinez - Konsa, Torres, Cash, Digne - McGinn (Duran, 80), Louis, Tielemans - Diabi (Bailey, 68), Watkins, Zaniolo (Rogers, 28).

Front: Bentaleb, Andre, Santos, Gomez - Zaniolo, Martinez, Digne, Rogers, Duran, Watkins.