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Villa conclude the pre-season trip to Switzerland this afternoon with a trip to Swiss Super League side FC Zurich.Martin O'Neill's men cruised to a comfortable 6-0 victory against FC Wil 1900 on Thursday night and will look to step up the preparations for next weekend's Intertoto Cup kick-off as they face Zurich.
O'Neill rang the changes with
nine substitutions in the FC Wil game and is expected to adopt a similar policy today.
New signing Steve Sidwell flew out to join the squad last night but it is not yet clear whether the former England Under-21 midfielder will feature.Stay tuned to
http://www.avfc.co.uk and AVTV Online for all the action and reaction.
FC Wil VerdictMON TVMartin O'Neill saw Villa cruise to a 6-0 victory against Swiss Challenge League side FC Wil 1900 and reflected: "That was an encouraging start to our pre-season."
Villa return to competitive action with the Intertoto Cup next weekend and have to quickly get up to full match sharpness for the game against Finland's TPS Turku or Odense BK of Denmark.
Marlon Harewood (2), John Carew, Nathan Delfouneso, Shaun Maloney and Wayne Routledge were the goalscorers as Wil were simply no match for their Barclays Premier League visitors.And a satisfied O'Neill told
http://www.avfc.co.uk: "It was very good, considering we've been back in training for just about a week. It was very encouraging and there were some very nice goals scored.
"You wouldn't want to read too much into it; maybe the strength of the opposition wasn't fantastic. But even so it was a nice venue and a nice way to start.
"It was nice to score a few goals but more importantly it was just good to get a feel of the pitch and a feel of the game to try and get back into a rhythm as quickly as possible because we've got the Intertoto game coming up.
"In normal circumstances I wouldn't be too bothered; we'd have a leisurely build-up to the season. But we have to get into competitive mode very early on this season.
"Whoever we face in the Intertoto, in terms of matches, will be much fitter than us, so we have to try and overcome that."
Tune into AVTV Online tomorrow for video highlights and post-match reaction from Villa's opening pre-season outing.