Aston Villa F.C. suffered defeat in Prague's first CEE Cup game

Aston Villa F.C. The under-23s of Aston Villa suffered defeat in Prague's first CEE Cup game. However, they will have

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an opportunity to rebound on Saturday. Villa, who spent a lot of time and money to restructure their

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academy and improve their youth squad in order to give young people the best chance of getting into Steven Gerrard’s

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first-team, lost 2-1 to Slavia Prague. Villa was two goals down at half-time, but they missed a number of

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golden opportunities in the second period. Taylor-Jay Hart was onside but had the ball in the net. Villa then hit the

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post. Kerr Smith, who was punished by the Slavia goalkeeper for fumbling a corner, eventually got them back into

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the game. Villa was only consolation for Smith's tap in at the back post, even though he was unmarked. Villa will be

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taking part in the illustrious youth tournament for the first time. It's also the first tournament since the summer

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of 2019, when Covid was involved. Six teams are divided into two groups. The teams play each other once in the

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group stages. In the final, the top two places in each of the two groups will face off. Matches will be held between

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the second and third placed sides in each group. All these matches will take place next Tuesday, 26 July. Slavia Prague,

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Dynamo Kiev and Villa are in Villa's group. In Group A, Sparta Prague hosts the tournament and Tigres

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from Mexico and Palmeiras (from Brazil) are in Group A. Sparta beat Tigres 4-0 in the opening game of Group A.

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Manchester United will be back in preseason action Saturday, when they take on Aston Villa, their familiar foes in their fourth match.

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