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Carrying on from the point I made a few days ago. As wealthy as the English Premier League is, there will be no Champions League representation in the semi-final or the Europa League.

That’s because Manchester City are out (after losing 4-3 on penalties to Real Madrid) as Arsenal who lost 3-2 on aggregate against Bayern Munich.

Bayern (six-time winners) and Real 14 are sides with huge pedigree, so one should keep calm in making such outlandish comments in regards to their chance of progress.

Certain quarters of the English press and press on the whole love to exaggerate English teams’ chances in European club competition.

In the Europa League Atalanta saw to Liverpool in the first leg as did Bayer Leverkusen. That meant that Aston Villa were the only team left in the European competitions.

The Villains were up against former Ligue 1 winners Lille. If Villa fans thought they would have an easy night in France, they had anything but. Aston Villa’s match would not only go to extra time but would go all the way to penalties and win 4-3.

Greek champions Olympiakos, who beat Fenbahce 3-2 in a penalty shootout in their tie, await the former Champions League winners.

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