Aston Villa Report

John Townley

GOAL: Emi Buendia opens the scoring for Villa in the third minute after being picked out by Kosta Nedeljkovic in the box. Evann Guessand was denied by goalkeeper Kartika Ajie minutes before. Indonesia All Stars 0-1 #AVFC

John Townley

Underway at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium... Indonesia All Stars 0-0 #AVFC

Jacob Tanswell

Evann Guessand starts today. Plan, from player’s side, had been to go on pre-season & try to impress Emery and convince he was worthy of being involved in some way this season. Maybe in a slightly different role. Let’s see on that front. Elsewhere, Bouba Kamara hopes to feature…

John Townley

#AVFC starting XI vs Indonesia All Stars: Wright; Nedeljkovic, Cisse, Torres, Rowe; Lindelof, Barkley; McGinn, Buendia, Garnacho; Guessand. Subs: Bizot, Asemota, Cash, Mings, Maatsen, Bogarde, Gomes, Madjo, Alysson, Burrowes, Hemmings, Carroll, Lynch.

John Townley

John McGinn on Villa TV: "Over the past few seasons, Aston Villa has been a place where people come low on confidence or maybe not in form, and find their best. Hopefully that's the same again this year." #AVFC

John Townley

John McGinn on Villa TV: "We want to build on a great season and take this club on again. There's obviously a lot of change, but what's been here in the last years is a core. It's up to us to tell the new players what it takes to play for Aston Villa and to be successful." #AVFC

John Townley

Tyrone Mings: "Every season is different. Teams know how you play, so being successful is difficult, but staying there is harder. It's been exciting, but the manager said this season will be difficult. Hopefully, in 12 months, we think this season was exciting as well." #AVFC

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Unai Emery: "Challenges come with changes. Football moves forward, players leave and players join. Our challenge is to improve and better our level - this is the character of the team. We've shown that we have kept our level in the Premier League - this is our challenge." #AVFC

John Townley

Harvey Elliott: "I wouldn't say it was a lost year because, at the end of it, I won the Europa League. To have that on my CV is incredible, especially with Villa. I saw with my own eyes how much it meant for them. I wouldn't say it's a lost year because that's selfish." #AVFC

John Townley

Harvey Elliott insists he has no hard feelings towards Unai Emery or #AVFC over his lack of game time last season. "I wish Villa nothing but the very best. I had a lot of love for them and they treated me very well. The whole club were very apologetic."…