Martínez equalised, unbeaten goal in Aston Villa’s heartbreaking victory, which ended an unusual FA Cup winning streak

Aston Villawith the man from Mar del Plata Emiliano “Dibu” Martinez on goal, won 1-0 and on the hour mark Middlesbrough as a visitor and went to the 16th round. of final.

The defender Matteo Cash He scored 42 minutes into the second half, a result that allowed him to move to the Birmingham team.

Dibu worked little but was always alert whenever Boro tried to cause problems in attack, and managed to keep a clean sheet for the seventh time so far this season.

The goalkeeper has conceded just 31 goals in the 25 games played for his club in all competitions, a fundamental performance to explain the “Villains” present, second in the Premier League.

This FA Cup victory serves to end an unusual run that has plagued Aston Villa: seven consecutive eliminations at the start of the competition. Their executioners from 2017 to today have 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 third round match of the FA Cup, Chelseawith a goal Enzo Fernandezbeaten Preston North End (of the Second Division) 4 to 0, at home, and moves on to the next phase.

The former River midfielder, world champion with the Argentine national team at Qatar 2022, closed the victory for the Londoners at the end of the match, in the 40th minute of the second phase.

First they had scored for the team led by the Argentine Maurizio Pochettinothe Albanian Armando Borja, the Brazilian Thiago Silva and Raheem Sterling.

Thus Chelsea, which is in tenth place in the table premier league The English secured passage to the next stage of the tournament, while Preston North End were excluded.

Bournemouthfor his part, with the Argentine defender Marco Senesi as a starter, beat Queens Park Rangers (QPR), 3 to 2, as guests, and also advanced in the competition

Irish striker Sinclair Armstrong and Scottish striker Lyndon Dykes opened the scoring for QPR, but the Premier League side turned the tables with goals from Marcus Tavenier, Welshman Kieffer Moore and Dutchman Justin Kluivert.

Good FA Cup match on Sunday

The oldest competition in English football will have as its exclusive match the clash between Arsenal AND Liverpool this Sunday from 1.30pm in Argentina, at the Emirates Stadium in London.

Manchester Citywith the sample Giuliano Alvarezwill play from 11am at the Etihad Stadium against Huddersfield (of the Championship, second division).

The FA Cup was played 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.