Douglas Luiz's horrific performance for Aston Villa in the Europa Conference League prompted Alisha Lehmann to send him a sympathetic message on Instagram.
Aston Villa lost their UEFA Conference League first-leg tie 4-2 to Olympiacos at the Villa Park Stadium.
Douglas Luiz who was in action had a disappointing game, having lost a penalty to reduce the goal tally to 4-3.
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Lehmann, Douglas's girlfriend was present in the stand for the Villans for the first-leg tie against Olympiacos, the Greek powerhouses.
Villa was defeated 4-2 at home, and now they have their work cut out when they travel to Greece for the second leg.
At some point during the game, they rallied from a two-goal deficit to draw even at one point, but their costly mistakes in the last few minutes did them no favours.
A handful of those errors were Luiz's fault; in the 56th minute, he gave up a penalty for a handball in the box and in the 84th minute, the Brazilian midfielder missed a penalty kick, sending it sailing wide of the post.
Lehmann who watched the event unfold took to social media to show her affection and support for her boyfriend despite those difficulties.
The World's most beautiful footballer shared a picture of both of them with a caption saying “I love you”, as reported by Goal.
Villa will believe that they did enough against Olympiacos to give them hope going into next Thursday's second leg, where a spot in the championship game is still up for grabs.