Aston Villa vs Ajax live updates: Confirmed team line-ups as McGinn ...
As promised, here are the two teams from the two clubs' meeting in the UEFA Cup on Thursday, October 23, 2008.
Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa lined up like this: Brad Friedel; Luke Young, Carlos Cuellar, Martin Laursen, Nicky Shorey; Nigel Reo-Coker, Stiliyan Petrov, Gareth Barry; James Milner, Gabby Agbonlahor, Ashley Young.
Brad Guzan, Steve Sidwell, Marlon Harewood, Curtis Davies, Zat Knight, Moustapha Salifou and Craig Gardner were on the bench.
Ajax's team was: Kenneth Vermeer; Bruno Silva, Oleguer, John Heitinga, Urby Emanuelson; Gabri, Jeffrey Sarpong, Jan Vertonghen, Rasmus Lindgren; Luis Suarez, Klaas Jan Huntelaar. The subs: Hans Vonk, Gregory van der Wiel, Robbert Schilder, Evander Sno, Vurnon Anita, Leonardo, Dario Cvitanich.
Some absolutely outstanding names in there. Carlos Cuellar? Urby Emanuelson? Suarez-Huntelaar front two? Liquid UEFA Cup. Congratulations if you got more than a dozen names. Your prize: our eternal respect.
