Martínez's ears couldn't bear the cheers of Villa Park

Villa won the 1982 European Cup (Champions League from 1992) by beating Bayern. The following season, they lost in the quarter-finals to Juventus. Then wait 41 years. This time back in the Champions League, it would have been unusual if the fans' celebrations had not been disrupted by beating a club like Bayern in the first match at home. What's more interesting is that the person who raised the gleeful complaint of 'bursting eardrums' in the audience's riotous celebration is actually responsible for such celebration!If you haven't seen the match, you can ask why? In the 79th minute, John Duran's shot gave Villa a 1-0 lead. Finally won by this distance . Bayern had several opportunities to equalize late in the match. Especially Harry Kane's header; The Villa fans' celebrations would not have gone wild had it not been for Martinez's brilliant save. Is that all? Martinez made 6 more saves in the entire match. So tell me whose fault it is?

After the win, however, Martinez put the 'blame' on the Villa fans, which the club's fans will be happy to hear, saying, 'This is the loudest I've heard at Villa Park since joining this club. After a while it was hard to bear. I love playing here. Love the fans. This win is for them.'

Villa beat Bayern 1-0 in that final 42 years ago. Stephen Morley, a young Villa fan at the time, is now 63 years old. After Villa were knocked out of the Champions League, he doubted whether he would ever be able to watch a match at home again in the competition. But after that dream came true last night, Morley told news agency AP, 'I never thought I would get the chance to watch (a home match) again. It's amazing.'

Aston Villa, seven-time champions of England's top league, played in the second division five years ago. The Birmingham club were very close to relegation from the Premier League in 2022. Then Unai Emery took the responsibility of the coach and slowly changed the color of Villar. This time, he returned to the Champions League and won two matches in a row. Among them, those who lost in the last match, Bayern Munich last lost in the Champions League group stage on September 27, 2017 against PSG and this Emery was still the coach of the French club!

Then in the group stage, after 41 consecutive matches for 7 years, Bayern lost against Emery's Villa again. The Spanish coach's memorable victory was watched by Prince William, a member of the British royal family, from among 40,000 spectators at Villa Park. After the match, Villa coach Emery said what was discussed in the meeting with the future king of Britain, "I told him, days like today (last night) are the best moments." Emery said that it is unknown how far Villa will go back to the Champions League, but they want to enjoy this journey, "I don't know where (Villa will go). But we will enjoy the way. We will remember how we played today (tomorrow), who we played against and also the Champions League final 42 years ago. The day was special.'