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Villa Park's stage fright! Aston Villa accidentally play Europa League anthem instead of iconic Champions League music to much confusion before PSG clash

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<p>Shortly before the second leg of this Champions League quarter-final tie got underway on Tuesday night, the competition's famous anthem was supposed to be played but instead the Europa League one was. This caused quite the stir on social media.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The stage is set... but the anthem is wrong 😅<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCLonPrime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCLonPrime</a> <a href="https://t.co/G2ESu9KE4m">pic.twitter.com/G2ESu9KE4m</a></p>— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) <a href="https://twitter.com/primevideosport/status/1912221775875686525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
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WHAT HAPPENED?

<p><a href="https://x.com/Vondopoulos/status/1912218974428750124" target="_blank">@Vondopoulos</a> wrote on X: "Emery's got them playing the Europa League music, he knows what he needs."</p><p><a href="https://x.com/DanAV___/status/1912218858384916960" target="_blank">@DanAV___</a> tweeted: "WRONG ANTHEM YOURE GETTING FIRED."</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Jaytorial/status/1912219651670425813" target="_blank">@Jaytorial</a> commented: "Aston Villa playing Europa League music instead of the Champions League anthem has to be the most embarrassing thing I’ve seen. How do you get it so wrong?!"</p><p><a href="https://x.com/MN456782/status/1912219403514753520" target="_blank">@MN456782</a> put: "Tinpot Villa playing the wrong anthem they won’t ever playing champions league anthem. #avfc."</p><p><a href="https://x.com/CFC_Danne/status/1912219762811158893" target="_blank">@CFC_Danne</a> added: "If I were a villa fan I’d be fuming, biggest night in your clubs recent history and they’ve played the wrong f*cking anthem."</p>

WHAT THE FANS ARE SAYING

<p>While this was a comical mistake by the stadium organisers, the main focus will be on Villa trying to overturn a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/aston-villa-player-ratings-psg-morgan-rogers-desire-doue-khvicha-kvaratskhelia-champions-league-quarter-final-edge/blt70e6741467b9a343#cs028784cea097ac83" target="_blank">3-1 first-leg deficit</a> to the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/psg-win-ligue-1-luis-enrique-angers-desire-doue/bltaadea3df6e4527ad#cs7baa57a911bc4b07" target="_blank">recently crowned French champions</a>. If they don't, this is still the furthest Villa have got in the competition since they won it in 1982.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>After this game, Villa host fellow top five hopefuls Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday, whereas PSG entertain Le Havre in Ligue 1 on the same day.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Villa Park's stage fright! Aston Villa accidentally play Europa League anthem instead of iconic Champions League music to much confusion before PSG clash | Goal.com

Confusion reigned at Villa Park as the Europa League anthem blared out instead of the Champions League one ahead of Aston Villa facing Paris Saint-Germain.

Villa Park&apos;s stage fright! Aston Villa accidentally play Europa League anthem instead of iconic Champions League music to much confusion before PSG clash

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