Chelseawith a goal from the Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez -world champion in Qatar 2022-, beat Preston North End (second division) 4-0, at home, and advanced to the round in the FA Cup English, after playing a series for the third phase of the competition.
The midfielder, ex-River Plate and Defensa y Justicia, closed the victory for the London team at the end of the match, 40 minutes into the second stage.
Before they had scored for the team led by the Argentine Mauricio Pochettino, the Albanian Armando Borja (13m. ST), the Brazilian Thiago Silva (21m. ST) and Raheem Sterling (24m. ST).
In this way, Chelsea, which is in tenth position in the Premier League, secured a place in the next stage of the tournament, while Preston North End was left out.
Also Aston Villawith the man from Mar del Plata Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez -also champion in Qatar 2022-, beat Middlesbrough (second division) 1-0 and on the hour, as a visitor and went to the 16th round. of final.
Defender Matthew Cash scored 42 minutes into the second half, a result that allowed the Birmingham team to advance to the next stage.
Bournemouth, for its part, with the Argentine defender Marcos Senesi as a starter, they beat Queens Park Rangers (QPR) -also in second place-, 3 to 2, as a visitor, and also advanced in the competition
Irish striker Sinclair Armstrong and Scottish striker Lyndon Dykes opened the scoring for QPR, but the Premier League team turned it around with goals from Marcus Tavenier, Welshman Kieffer Moore and Dutchman Justin Kluivert.
Other results of the day: Wimbledon (third) 1-Ipswich Town (second) 3; Coventry City (second) 6-Oxford United (third) 2; Maidstone (6th) 1-Stevenage (3rd) 0; Millwall (second) 2-Leicester City 3.
Sunderland (second) 0-Newcastle 3; Blackburn Rovers (second) 5-Cambridge United (third) 2; Gillingham (fourth) 0- Sheffield United 4; Hull City (second) 1-Birmingham (second) 1; Newport County (fourth) 1-Eastleight (fifth) 1.
Norwich City (second) 1-Bristol Rovers (third) 1; Plymouth Argyle (second) 3-Sutton United (fourth) 1; Southampton (second, with Carlos Alcaraz) 4-Walsall (third) 0; Stoke City (second) 2-Brighton And Hove (Facundo Buonanotte) 4.
Watford (second) 2-Chesterfield (fifth) 1; Sheffield Wednesday (second) 4 – Cardiff City (second) 0 and Swansea City (second) 2 – Morecambe (third) 0.
The oldest competition in English football will have as its exclusive match the clash between Arsenal and Liverpool tomorrow from 1:30 p.m. in Argentina, at the Emirates Stadium in London.
Manchester City, with world champion Julián Álvarez, will play from 11:00 at Etihad Stadium against Huddersfield (from the Championship, second division)
The FA Cup was held for the first time in the 1871-72 season: with 152 years of existence, it is the oldest football tournament in the world and teams from all divisions of English football take part.
FA Cup – 3rd. Round
– Thursday:
Crystal Palace – Everton 0 – 0
– Friday:
Brentford – Wolverhampton 1 – 1
Fulham 1 – Rotherham United (second division) 0
Tottenham 1 – Burnley 0
– Tomorrow:
. At 11 (Argentine time), Nottingham – Blackpool (third); Manchester City – Huddersfield (second); Luton Town – Bolton (third); West Ham – Bristol City (second); Peterbourough (third) – Leeds United (second); Shrewsbury Town (third) – Wrexham (fourth) and West Bromwich (second) – Aldershot (fifth).
. At 1:30 p.m., Arsenal – Liverpool.
– Monday:
. At 5:15 p.m., Wigan (third) – Manchester United.
Source: Ambito
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