Mohamed Salah’s early penalty raised hopes of an unlikely comeback.
Emiliano MartÃnez saved two spot kicks and Douglas Luiz converted the decisive penalty for Aston Villa to prevail 4-3 in a shootout over Lille and advance to the Europa Conference League semifinals Thursday. After Villa won the first leg of their quarterfinals 2-1 last week, Yusuf Yazıcı and Benjamin André scored in each half for Lille's 2-0 lead before defender Matty Cash's 87th-minute goal evened the aggregate score 3-3 to force extra time. Villa is into its first European semifinal since 1982
Liverpool are in need of a second-leg comeback in Italy if they are to keep their faint treple hopes alive
Martinez saved spot-kicks from Nabil Bentaleb and Benjamin Andre to earn Villa a 4-3 shootout win.