Former Aston Villa midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger explains why it will take time for them to achieve regular Champions League football.

After finishing the league phase as the eighth seed, Aston Villa were paired with seventh seed Lille in the bracket for the last-16. The teams which finished ninth, 10th, 23rd and 24th will now face off with the two winners then being drawn against the seeded teams.

Marcus Rashford joined Aston Villa in the January transfer window, with boss Unai Emery already being forced to make difficult decisions when naming his Champions League squad

Scottish champions Celtic have already secured their place in the knockout play-offs after beating BSC Young Boys last week, while Villa lost 1-0 at AS Monaco. Brendan Rodgers is without Cameron Carter-Vickers through injury, while Daizen Maeda is suspended. Kyogo Furuhashi was sold to Stade Rennais earlier this week.

Marcus Rashford is targeting Champions League glory at Aston Villa as the Manchester United loanee believes he can still "decide games".

American soccer fans can stream every fixture of this season's tournament via Paramount Plus, which has exclusive live English-language broadcast rights in the US for the UEFA Champions League. Paramount Plus has two main subscription plans in the US: Essential for $8 a month and Premium for $13 a month. Both offer coverage of the Champions League.

Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers has a Champions League scoring feat of which Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland would be proud.

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has insisted that new loan signing Marcus Rashford has trained "fantastically" despite Manchester United's willingness to part ways.