Aston Villa will be penalized by UEFA before their match against Legia Warsaw because of…

BREAKING UEFA will penalize NAston Villa before their match against Legia Warsaw.
Aston Villa news from BirminghamLive: UEFA may fine the team for holding its pre-game press conference at the Stadion Wojska Polskiego after it began late.Aston Villa will be punished by UEFA before their match against Legia Warsaw because of…

Aston Villa will be penalized by UEFA for breaking the organization’s rules on Wednesday night.

Thursday night’s Europa Conference League group stage matchup between Unai Emery’s team and Legia Warsaw is set, but the head coach was late to the Stadion Wojska Polskiego press conference. At 8 p.m. local time (7 p.m. UK time), the conference was scheduled to begin.

Press conferences shall begin between 1200 and 2000 local time, according to Article 72.04 of the UEFA Regulations for the Europa Conference League. Any deviations from these schedules require prior UEFA approval.

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Eddie Howe and Erik ten Hag broke the same rule this week by arriving late to their respective media briefings for Manchester United and Newcastle United. Instead of more severe punishment for a first offense, a warning is more likely to be given.

Villa informed UEFA that they might miss the deadline before their flight from Birmingham to Warsaw was delayed for just under an hour after Emery’s squad trained at Bodymoor Heath in the morning. Jacob Ramsey travelled to Poland with his teammates after recovering from a broken metatarsal in the summer.

Alex Moreno has also made a full recovery from injury and could feature for the first time since May on Thursday night. Villa come into the match on the back of a dramatic late comeback against Crystal Palace, winning 3-1 with three late goals from Jhon Duran, Douglas Luiz and Leon Bailey.