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Manchester United knocked Everton out of the FA Cup on Friday evening after a 3-1 win. The Red Devils thus qualify for the sixteenth finals of the cup tournament.
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The spectators at Old Trafford witnessed a nice start to the game, in which both teams hit once. Antony (4.) opened the score for the Mancunians early on, but Conor Coady (14.) after a blunder by David De Gea, balanced the score before the opening fifteen minutes had expired.
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In the second half, Coady (52.) grew into an anti-hero by outwitting his own goalkeeper and Marcus Rashford (90.+6) determined the final score in the ultimate slot with a silver-plated penalty kick. Amadou Onana completed the 90 minutes in the losing camp.
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At the same time, Paris Saint-Germain also had to compete in the Coupe de France to visit third division team Chateauroux. The capitals did not make it without any difficulty with 1-3 and also advanced to the sixteenth finals.
Without star players Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi and Neymar, PSG had a quick lead through Hugo Ekitike (13.). Nevertheless, the home team fought back into the match via Thio Ntolla (37.). The Spaniards Carlos Soler (78.) and Juan Bernat (90.+1) delivered the French national champion deep in the second half.
Southampton gets Croatian World Cup goer
Southampton have taken over Croatia international Mislav Orsic from Dinamo Zagreb. He signed a 2.5-year contract with the Saints, the Premier League red lantern confirmed on Friday.
The 30-year-old Orsic played in the spotlight at the World Cup in Qatar. He played six times, including the entire second half in the semi-final against Argentina (3-0 loss) and 90 minutes in the bronze medal match against Morocco, in which he recorded the 2-1 final score. In the group match against Belgium (0-0), the winger remained on the bench.
Orsic played for Dinamo Zagreb since 2018. This season he has 13 goals (including two in the Champions League group stage) and eight assists in 27 games.
Southampton, Roméo Lavia’s team, is in twentieth and last place in the Premier League with 12 points after eighteen match days.
