Source: Team_Talk
Heskey feeling better - O'Neill
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has refused to rule Emile Heskey out of Wednesday's Peace Cup clash with Atlante despite seeing the England striker stretchered off against Malaga following a clash of heads.
Heskey had to be replaced just six minutes into the Peace Cup clash at La Rosaleda following a collision with Malaga defender Weligton, with Marc Albrighton taking the former Liverpool hitman's place.
O'Neill reported after the game though that Heskey, who had suffered mild concussion, was on the mend and was still a possibility to face Atlante on Wednesday.
"Emile is feeling a lot better. He was a bit disorientated and we felt that, having come back late and only playing a few minutes of the game, it was best to take him off and make a substitution at that stage," O'Neill told AVTV.
"But he is feeling better now. We will monitor it each day but I don't think he would be ruled out at this stage."
Villa lost their opening Peace Cup match against Malaga 1-0 and now face an uphill struggle to progress out of the three-team Group C and into the semi-finals.
In fact, if Malaga avoid defeat against Atlante on Monday then O'Neill's men will be out of the tournament no matter what they do against the same opponents 48 hours later.
