Martínez equalized and another decisive save to save Aston Villa against Ajax in the Conference League

Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martinez He has accustomed his fans to great performances. This Thursday was no exception. The man from Mar del Plata was vital to the Aston Villawho drew 0-0 in Amsterdam against Ajax for the first leg of the round of 16 Conference League, the third phase of the European competitions. He put on his hero suit and kept his bow at zero, with a saving save.

It was a duel with few chances and the tie will be decided at Villa Park. The Dutch team’s irregular season continues. With no options in the Eredivisie, they were eliminated from the Europa League, finishing third in the group they shared with Brighton, Olympique Marseille and AEK Athens, and at the first substitution found themselves with one of the toughest teams in the Conference League pot, the wicked group that their group won.

Aston Villa, on the contrary, maintains an upward inertia under the orders of Unai Emery, who on Thursday proposed a conservative match to reach the second leg with options to keep the key at Villa Park.

Only two chances, both for Ajax, one from Broobey who goes wide and another from Taylor who is stopped by Emiliano Martínez, could change the score of a match that was changed in the final with the expulsions of Konsa and Gooijer , which will not be able to reproduce the crash.