Villa progress in Peace Cup with second half comeback

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After losing to Malaga earlier in the competition, Villa were given a lifelinegoing into their match against Atlante,after the Mexican side beat Malaga 3-1. All that was required to continue into the semi-final was to win by two clear goals.However, judging by the first 45 minutes of the game, this wasnt going to be the case. After a relatively quiet start, Villa were a man and a  Chris Chiozza Jersey goal down within minutes of each other. Stiliyan Petrov, captaining the side, left the field with what looked like a serious shoulder injury on 19 minutes, and shortly afterwards Curtis Davies bundled a opposition cro s past Brad Guzan.Atlante looked dangerous, coming close to a second goal against two central defenderswho looked as if theyd only justbecome acquainted witheach other.A lazy pa s from Davies to Carlos Cuellar, just too far in front of the Spaniard, was met with little effort to  Taurean Prince Jersey receive and rolled out of play,epitomizing their below-par first half performance James Harden Jersey .It got worse. Around the half-hour mark a free kick given against Ashley Young did not impre s manager Martin ONeill. Never one to keep his feelings to himself,hedecided to inform the Atlante player in question, as well as the referee, exactly what he thought about the decision, and was promptly sent to the stands.Buta glimmer of hope was provided by Marc Albrighton. John Carews header from Youngs free kick could only be parried by the keeper, leaving Petrovs replacement to powerfully volley home.Albrighton: Mature and convincing performanceOnly 3 minutes into D'Angelo Russell Jersey  the second half and Villa were in front.Eric Lichajs long free kick wassimply headed into the path of Carew, the big Norwegiantaking advantage ofsome sloppy defending by Atlante.This was a different side to the one thatturned up for the first half; there was now more urgency, more desire, and more skill. Reo-Coker was tenacious in midfield, Young was causing all sorts of problems down the right hand side, Guzan looked solid in goal, and there were impre sive individual performances from youngsters Lichaj and Albrighton.In fact itwas the latter who set up Villas  Wilson Chandler Jersey third, and decisive goal.A superb, perfectly-timedlow cro s was played into Young,who headed home toprovide Villa with a 3-1 victory and a ticket into the next round. youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gs2xCVcjaVE
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