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Everton did not acknowledge the dismissal of the coach Sean Dyche, who was dismissed just three hours before the start of the match, and certified their qualification for the round of 32 of the English FA Cup after beating Peterborough 2-0 this Thursday, from the third category of English football.
A surprising decision, not so much because of the Toffees’ qualifying situation, which is just one point above the relegation places, but because of the unusual nature of dismissing a coach just hours before playing a match.
Dyche chose the lineup
In fact, as he acknowledged Leighton Baines who took charge of the team provisionally, the starting eleven “was already chosen in advance” and he limited himself to introducing some “small adjustments.”
Like the presence in the starting team of the very young Harrison Armstrong, only 17 years old, and whom Baines knows perfectly from his work as coach of the reserve team.
Young Armstrong surprises
A confidence to which Armstrong, who was already given 45 minutes by the dismissed Sean Dyche in the last league match against Bournemouth, responded with three minutes remaining in the first half with a magnificent filtered pass that gave rise to the first Everton goal.
Assistance that the Portuguese Beto, which had hardly counted for Dyche, became 1-0 for the locals by safely resolving the one-on-one with Nicholas Bilokapic, Peterborough goalkeeper.
A score that was in charge of closing for the locals, already in the extension time of the second half, the Senegalese Iliman Ndiaye, who scored the final 2-0 from the penalty spot in ’98.
There was no duel between Ashley Young and her son
Finally there was no duel between Ashley Young and her son. The 39-year-old veteran full-back came on in the 73rd minute for Everton, while Tyler, 18, stayed on the Peterborough bench.
Adama Traoré scores two goals for Fulham
Fulham did not fail either, as they ensured their presence in the fourth round of the Cup, after defeating Watford, a team from the second category of English football, 4-1.
A triumph in which he played a fundamental role for the Spanish international Adama Traoré, who attended the 26 minutes to Rodrigo Muniz for the Brazilian attacker to open the scoring (1-0) for the locals and in the 49th minute he caused the penalty that allowed the Mexican Raúl Jiménez to make it 2-1.
They completed the rout of Fulham the Danish Joachim Andersen, who scored in the 65th minute to make it 3-1, and the Belgian Timothy Castagne which established the final 4-1 with five minutes remaining in regulation time.
Cardiff surprises
For its part, Cardiff City caused a surprise at Bramall Lane and sealed its ticket to the round of 32 after beating Sheffield United 0-1 in the duel between the two teams from the second category of English football.
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In this tie, Sheffield United started as the clear favorite, one of the clear contenders to achieve promotion to the Premier League, who could not respond to the goal of Cyan Ashford, who did not waste an error by the local defender Rhys Norrington-Davies to sign the final 0-1 for Cardiff at 18 minutes.
