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Unai Emery says Aston Villa are 'motivated and thrilled' for their match against Paris Saint-Germain.

Unai Emery, Aston Villa's manager, says his team will travel to Paris for the opening leg of the Champions League quarter-finals with confidence after winning seven straight games. Villa defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1, increasing their prospects of returning to Europe's biggest stage next season, due to goals from Morgan Rogers and Donyell Malen in the first 15 minutes. They have significant momentum as they aim for a second consecutive year of Champions League qualification. They can still do so by winning this year's championship, and they now face Paris St Germain in the club's biggest game since their European Cup quarter-final loss to Juventus in 1982. "We're motivated. "We're excited," said former PSG manager Emery ahead of his return to the Parc des Princes. "They are favourites, but we are going to try to play those two matches as well as possible, competing and analysing how we need to adapt to them, how we can impose and domina...
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Osasuna's first home victory in 12 years ends Barcelona's unbeaten streak.

After Osasuna defeated Barcelona 4-2 on Saturday despite having just 25% of the ball, Barcelona's undefeated record in La Liga is ended.


Given that Barcelona had won all eight of their previous La Liga visits to El Sadar, it ought to have been an easy victory. Osasuna, however, had a surprise in store.

It eventually came back to haunt manager Hansi Flick when he started a few young players, such as Pau Víctor, Pablo Torre, Gerard Martín, Pau Cubarsí, and Sergi Domínguez.

🔴🔵 Osasuna defeats Barcelona at home for the first time since 2012.

Under Flick, Barcelona has only conceded 5 goals in La Liga, while they have scored 4!
  

After scoring on the counter both times, the hosts took advantage of a 17- and 19-year-old center-back combination to take a commanding 2-0 lead in just 28 minutes. After forty minutes, Barcelona, on the other hand, had no shots.

After arriving late in the box, Bryan Zaragoza ran ahead and past goalkeeper Iñaki Peña Sotorres from a tight angle, surpassing Ante Budimir as the club's all-time La Liga scorer.

Minutes into the second half, Barcelona must have had a blistering conversation during halftime, suggesting that the comeback was imminent. Víctor's unexpected strike wobbled badly and sent Sergio Herrera to sleep, winning 2-1.


3-This marks the third occasion in a competition that osasuna has scored four goals or more against Barcelona. They previously accomplished this in June 1936 (4–2 in the Spanish Cup) and January 1984 (also 4–2 in ). Poker.

But even with Flick bringing on big guns Raphinha and Lamine Yamal, Barcelona was unable to muster any meaningful offensive play and lost three times in a row when they broke. On his record-breaking night, Budimir secured a brace while Domínguez gave up a penalty.

Furthermore, Osasuna's historic victory was sealed when substitute Abel Bretones scored from long range after depriving the Spain prodigy of the ball, even if Yamal ultimately reached the upper right corner on his own.

As a result of their first home victory over Barcelona in twelve years, Osasuna now sits sixth in the table. If Real Madrid defeats Atletico Madrid on Sunday, they will trail Barcelona by one point.
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