Aston Villa is one of the most interesting teams in the world of football today. Steven Gerrard’s side play Manchester City, in a game in which a Citizens draw or loss and a Liverpool win would give the Mercedes a dramatic victory.
Villa will play without Emiliano Martinez, the esteemed goalkeeper, who is facing an injury. Who will play in his place is Robin Olsen, the goalkeeper of the Swedish national team in the last Euro. Olsen, a Roma player, is on loan to Aston Villa and has yet to play in the media this season.
Olsen played last year for Sheffield United from the Championship and made 7 appearances in the English league in the past, in the Everton uniform in 2020/21. The 32-year-old goalkeeper will try to surprise the Citizens on a rare occasion, with his future in Rome recently bringing in Roy Patricio.
Olsen is considered a good goalkeeper after reaching Sweden for the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup. Olsen, who moved from Copenhagen to Rome after the World Cup, is considered a good goalkeeper in knockout games but has struggled to impress in recent years. As mentioned he has not yet played in a villa uniform, and could become the big hero of this dramatic evening. In his last Euro, he kept a clean sheet against Spain and reached the quarterfinals with his team, in which they lost to Ukraine from a goal in the 119th minute.