Tielemans leads Aston Villa triumph at Young Boys in Champions League start
An hour before kick-off the few hundred Aston Villa supporters already in place for the game cheered the first rendition of the Champions League anthem over the speakers and their mood was similarly jubilant after watching their team record a comprehensive victory in their first assignment. It was fitting that Jacob Ramsey, who joined Villa’s academy at six years old, got on the scoresheet as the travelling supporters sang the name of the late 1982 European Cup winner Gary Shaw, another homegrown hero, from start to finish. Ramsey’s strike, scored in comical circumstances, was bookended by fine strikes from the Belgium pair Youri Tielemans and Amadou Onana, the latter registering his third goal of the season.
The game was not uneventful with the substitute Jhon Durán booked for inciting the most ardent Young Boys supporters stationed behind one end of this stadium after thinking he extended his impressive goalscoring run to make it 3-0. Durán rolled the ball home and then promptly riled the home fans by jumping on to the digital advertising hoardings and screaming with joy. The locals took a dim view of Durán’s antics and the striker was left red-faced when his goal was ruled out a couple of minutes later.
