UEFA Cup

FT Thursday, September 20, 2001
Varteks DW 3
–
Aston Villa DDWD 2
1st Leg · Villa Park · 27,132 att.

Match Report

Brownlie sees red and makes history

New Zealand beat England in a Twickenham classic best remembered for the first sending off in international rugby, that of All Black forward Cyril Brownlie. The match was the climax of a four mon

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Lineups

AVL

  1. 1Peter SchmeichelG
  2. 2Mark DelaneyD
  3. 3Alan WrightD
  4. 4Olof MellbergD
  5. 5Ozalan AlpayCD
  6. 6George BoatengM
  7. 18Steve StoneM
  8. 20Moustapha HadjiM
  9. 30Hassan KachloulM
  10. 8Juan Pablo AngelF
  11. 22Darius VassellF

Substitutes

  1. 12Peter EnckelmanG
  2. 11Steve StauntonCD
  3. 15Gareth BarryCD
  4. 31Jlloyd SamuelLB
  5. 14David GinolaM
  6. 19Bosko BalabanF
  7. 23Stefan MooreF

VAR

  1. 1Daniel MadaricG
  2. 6Matija KristicD
  3. 7Ivan RezicD
  4. 14Goran GranicD
  5. 5Danijel HrmanM
  6. 8Devi MukaM
  7. 10Miljenko MumlekM
  8. 24Silvester SabolckiM
  9. 25Zoran KastelM
  10. 9Veldin KaricF
  11. 11Sasa BjelanovicF

Substitutes

  1. 3Goran Borovic
  2. 18Andrija Balajic
  3. 19Hrvoje Sklepic
  4. 20Nikola Safaric
  5. 12Zeljko RumbakG
  6. 26Oskar DrobneG
  7. 2Antun AndricevicD

Timeline

  1. 44'
  2. 54'
  3. 64'
  4. 64'
  5. 70'
  6. 76'
  7. 86'
  8. 90'

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