
The second stage of Aston Villas Champions League quart final with PSG on Tuesday evening started in a bizarre manner after the wrong national anthem for the kick-off was played.
Players from both parties had prepared themselves in preparation for the national anthem of the Champions League, but were greeted instead by the soundtrack to the Europa League.
PSG players seemed stunned by the blunder with midfielder who seemed to share a joke with his teammates.
Aston Villas Youri Tielemans and Ezri Konsa were seen who struggled to hold in their laughter.
The Champions League Anthem was finally played in Villa Park prior to the kick -off, where fans wondered how the blunder had taken place.
According to the BBC, officials from both Aston Villa and UEFA blamed for a system disruptions for the wrong national anthem that is being played.
An automated system would play the national anthem Champions League, but reportedly crashed.
This is said to have led another system to overwritten, which led to the fact that the national anthem of the Europa League was played instead.
According to UEFA regulations, clubs have the responsibility to play competition -volks songs when players stand in line for matches.
The administrative body itself is only responsible for offering clubs of the folk songs.
Aston Villa is expected to avoid sanctions for the error with the situation that is not treated in UEFA's regulations.
On the field, Aston Villa hoped a 3-1 deficit of the first stage of the quarterfinals.
The side of Unai Emery, however, saw the shortage increase when PSG raced in a 2-0 lead in a 2-0 lead in 27 minutes.
Goals from Tielemans, John McGinn and Konsa saw Aston Villa lead a dramatic fightback on the night to lead 3-2.
The hosts were unable to score a fourth goal of the night that would have forced extra time, where Emery's side was eventually defeated 5-4.
The French champions PSG are waiting for the winners of the draw between Arsenal and Real Madrid in the semi-final, where the Gunners held a dominant 3-0 lead of the first stage.
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