{"id":74571,"date":"2025-08-11T12:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/74571\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T12:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T12:02:07","slug":"thomas-parteys-debut-for-villareal-ends-in-2-0-defeat-against-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/74571\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Partey&#8217;s debut for Villareal ends in 2-0 defeat against Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Thomas-Partey-s-debut-for-Villareal-ends-in-2-0-defeat-against-Aston-Villa-1995561?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/37119041.295.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Partey makes his debut for Villareal\" title=\"Thomas Partey makes his debut for Villareal\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/> <\/a>Thomas Partey makes his debut for Villareal<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black Stars<\/a> midfielder, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thomas Partey<\/a> made his debut for Villareal in the club&#8217;s final pre-season friendly game against Premier League side Aston Villa on Sunday, August 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thomas Partey<\/a> was introduced in the 73rd minute but he couldn&#8217;t really help his team as they were already trailing Aston Villa 2-0 before his introduction in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his inability to change the game, the presence of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thomas Partey<\/a> brought some sort of stability to the midfield of Villareal to maintain the 2-0 score line.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa beat Villareal 2-0 at the Estadio de la Ceramica just over 24 hours after losing 3-1 to Marseille at the Stade Velodrome in France.<\/p>\n<p>Villa manager, Unai Emery returned to his former club and saw his side secure victory thanks to goals from Ollie Watkins and Emi Buendia.<\/p>\n<p>The result means Villa picked up four wins, two draws and two defeats from their summer friendlies before their Premier League opener at home to Newcastle United on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Watch-highlights-of-Thomas-Partey-s-debut-for-Villareal-against-Aston-Villa-1995564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch highlights of <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thomas Partey<\/a>&#8216;s debut for Villareal against Aston Villa<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thomas Partey<\/a> makes his first appearance for Villarreal in a friendly against Aston Villa. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B69o7jgCMQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/B69o7jgCMQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Owuraku Ampofo (@_owurakuampofo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_owurakuampofo\/status\/1954653472835440755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 10, 2025<\/a> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Partey makes his debut for Villareal Black Stars midfielder, Thomas Partey made his debut for Villareal 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