Aston Villawith the man from Mar del Plata Emiliano “Drawing” Martinez in the goal, won 1-0 and on the hour Middlesbrough as a visitor and went to the 16th round. of final.
The defender Matthew Cash He converted 42 minutes into the second half, a result that allowed him to advance to the Birmingham team.
Dibu had little work but was always attentive every time Boro tried to cause problems in attack, and managed to keep his clean sheet for the seventh time so far this season.
The goalkeeper has only conceded 31 goals in the 25 games he played with his club in all competitions, a fundamental performance to explain the present of the “Villains”, who are second in the Premier League.
This victory in the FA Cup serves to end an unusual streak that afflicted Aston Villa: they had seven consecutive eliminations at the start of the competition. Their executioners from 2017 to the present had been: Tottenham (0-2), Peterborough (1-3), Swansea City (0-3), Fulham (1-2), Liverpool (1-4), Manchester United (0- 1) and Stevenage (1-2).
In another match of the third round of the FA Cup, Chelseawith a goal Enzo Fernándezsale to Preston North End (of the Second Division) by 4 to 0, at home, and went to the next phase.
The former River midfielder, world champion with the Argentine National Team in Qatar 2022, 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 Pochettinothe Albanian Armando Borja, the Brazilian Thiago Silva and Raheem Sterling.
In this way, Chelsea, which is in tenth position in the Premier League English, secured passage to the next stage of the tournament, while Preston North End was left out.
Bournemouthfor his part, with the Argentine defender Marcos Senesi as a starter, they beat Queens Park Rangers (QPR), 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.
Great game in the FA Cup this Sunday
The oldest competition in English football will have as its exclusive match the clash between Arsenal y Liverpool this Sunday from 1:30 p.m. in Argentina, at the Emirates Stadium in London.
Manchester Citywith the champion Julian Alvarezwill play from 11 in the morning at Etihad Stadium against Huddersfield (of 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.