The game is over and the final score is Aston Villa 3-2 PSG. Here is the match report.
Match report
The defeat has rarely been so glorious that elimination rarely soundtracked with such zeal and wonders rarely so tempting.
The great European adventure of Aston Villa is over, but it ended in the right way with a fierce fightingback and a cacophony of Brummie noise.
With 34 minutes of this second stage, the men of Unai Emery were aggregated 5-1 and stared through the barrel to a thorough gubbing.
But after 57 minutes, the following goals from Youri Tielemans, John McGinn and Ezri Konsa, they were at the forefront of the night, only one goal in general and reached to heaven.
That the men of Luis Enrique have to hold to book a semi-final date against Arsenal or Real Madrid said a lot for their prospects to win a first Champions League title in Munich next month.
Because they will rarely encounter an atmosphere as hostile or an opponent so voriously hungry as a villa.
When Emery was in charge of PSG in 2017, he saw his side surrender a 4-0 lead on the first leg to be eliminated by Enrique's Barcelona and for a while during the white heat of a hectic second half, it seemed like the villa baas would take an extraordinary revenge.
Villa started the night by playing the wrong music – the Europa League theme instead of the national anthem of the Champions League.
And when PSG's full-backs Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes shot them in an aggregated victory of four goals that looked a taste of the things that would come.
But Villa is only one point outside the top five qualifying places for next season's Champions League and after this exciting run until the last eight they would be very welcome at the top table.
Although Emery denied its meaning, there was no doubt that the late third goal of Nuno Mendes in the Parc des Princes had seriously changed the scale of the task with which he was directed towards his side.
The Spaniard, with four Europa League triumphs on his CV, remained in front with Marcus Rashford, with Ollie Watkins who starts on the couch next to Paris Leenlee Marco Asensio.
It was not an attacking starting line-up of hell for a doctrine. Emery was willing to play patiently against the eternal French champions, who have demonstrably been the best team in Europe in recent months.
It was a filthy old Birmingham -night, but the Piddling -did not damp the atmosphere; The supporters of the home were full of full, while many of the Paris ultrasoes were as topless as geordies in the rain.
Strangely enough, they played the Europa League before a late explosion of the Champions League Anthem.
But directly from the kick -off it was an attack on the senses. A few early villa branches were greeted with crazy decibel levels, the Holte end waited to burst out like a number of large Brummie Vesuvius.
A near-post header hit one, Amadou Onana, but Joao Neves widened it wide.
Even Prince William and Prince George became involved, but the French, with very different ideas about hereditary monarchy, went to the Guillotine.
And in 11 minutes the early Paris arrived that they had all arrived properly.
Mendes released Bradley Barcola, which surpasses Matty Cash left and centered low.
EMI Martinez, public enemy no. 1 with the PSG fans, delighted the traveling French to make the ball wriggle out of his grip, with Hakimi by the hand to hit it past him.
Villa continued to attack, but Rashford struggled to make an impact and wasted different moments of promise.
Pau Torres hit a shot goal -winards, but Gianluigi Donnarumma dropped him out.
Morgan Rogers cut Pacho in William, but placed his shot wide from the distant pole.
And when Paris attacked, there was more control and goal, in which cash was merciless.
Soon the side of Enrique broke out and Villa was caught with their pants – two defenders against four looting attackers – and Ousmane Dembele Kwadraat for Mendes to ping a low shot in the post.
Paris had scored five unanswered goals in less than 80 minutes of football over the two legs – a start that hardly overpowered their dominance.
In most stadiums that would have been the time that the Pin stung the balloon.
Here they just kept crying – especially when Tielemans tumbled in the box and the referee was unmoved.
Still, regardless of a minute, the Belgian had withdrawn one – which reduced the general shortage to three – received a McGinn -Pass and rattling a shot that took a huge deflection from Pacho, so Donnarumma had no chance.
Surprisingly, there were no half -time changes from Emery, but maybe he knows what he is doing, because within 12 minutes after the restart, villa stood first in the night and back to a purpose of parity.
First McGinn fiddled forward from the halfway through the line and left Rip Rip with a shot of 25 meters that bend Pacho's knee and made it at the night level.
Then Rashford cut from the left and Donnarumma at full rack.
The corner was initially cleared, but Rashford has skinned two defenders on a weaving run and cut down for Konsa to go home.
Forty thousand throat created a sonic tree. PSG was stunning and drop.
Donnarumma already needed his 6ft 7 in frame to claw away a Tielemans header
Emery sent Asensio and Jacob Ramsey for Onana and McGinn and soon Asensio was clean due to a goal of a beautiful Torres Doorball, Donnarumma went on to save a foot.
Watkins was sent to Rashford 15 minutes from Tim, but Martinez was soon necessary to thwart Dembele, Paris retained their attacking threat in the midst of bedlam.
Finally, Emery's men became without puff pastry – a shot in Ian Maatsen blocked in injury time.
But Villa's supporters have never lost their voices and the players of PSG need some time to get their calmness and their hearing back.
Match -Events
0 'The game is about to start!
2 'Any excitement through a few early corners for Villa, but they come to nothing!
7 'Marquinhos Hounds Rashford and forces him wide of a potential shot!
11 'goal! Martinez's Parry only sets Hakimi to go home! Aston Villa 0-1 PSG
24 'Rogers creates space for a left shot from the edge, but it just goes wide!
27 'goal! Mendes curls a shot from the top of the box! Aston Villa 0-2 PSG
34 'goal! Tielemans Schiet & Pacho bends it beyond his keeper! Aston Villa 1-2 PSG
52 'Ricochet looks like falling for Rashford, but Donnarumma sprays the ball away!
55 'goal! Aston Villa 2-2 PSG (John McGinn)
57 'goal! Rashford's cross to Konsa Slams Home! Aston Villa 3-2 PSG (4-5 AGG)
66 'Asensio & Ramsey on for McGinn, who was booked but played well, and Onana!
71 'Rashford Cross thinks Konsa, but he misleads and wastes a big chance!
75 'Rashford is being replaced by Watkins and Digne by Maatsen!
76 'Martinez saves his legs while Dembele shoots from a tight corner!
83 'Doue earns a dubious free kick 30 meters out, which is chasing the Tielemans!
88 'Martinez stays for a long time and keeps a Doue Prod out close!
Line-ups
Aston Villa XI: E. Martinez, Digne, McGinn, Tielemans, Rashford, P. Torres, Kamara, Ngoyo, Matty Cash, Morgan Rogers, Amadou Onana
Subs: R. Olsen, Barkley, Mings, Asensio, Ollie Watkins, Disasi, Bailey, Maatssen, Jacob Ramsey, Lamare Bogarde, Sam Proctor
PSG XI: Marquinhos, Dembele, Fabian Ruiz, Donnarumma, Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Vitinha, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Barcola, João Neves
Subs: Kimpembe, Lucas, Safonov, Arnau tenas, Kang-in Lee, Gonçalo Ramos, Beraldo, Zaire-Emy, Doue, Mayulu, Mbaye
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