http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090226/wl_uk_afp/fbleurc3rusengcskaastonvilla]Second-string Villa frozen out of UEFA Cup (AFP)[/URL]



AFP - Aston Villa, with one eye on Champions League riches, suffered the brutal cost of downgrading the UEFA Cup on Thursday when their second-string team slumped to a last 32 exit in freezing Moscow.