Liverpool’s positive streak continues (14 games without defeat). The Reds, with Colombian Luis Fernando Díaz for the last six minutes of the match, beat Norwich 2-1 on Wednesday and qualified for the English Cup quarterfinals.
The peasant, who won his first title in British football with this club last Sunday, completed 393 minutes played, in different competitions, since he arrived at said squad less than a month ago.
At Anfield, Liverpool gave no chance to surprise and defeated the bottom team in the Premier League thanks to their advantage achieved in the first half, with a brace from Japanese Takumi Minamino (minutes 27 and 39). Lukas Rupp (76) saved for Norwich, who could not avoid elimination.
Far more harrowing was the task for Chelsea, who saw Luton Town take the lead twice, with goals from Reece Burke (2) and Harry Cornick (40).
Chelsea were able to balance on both occasions, with the goals of the Spanish Saúl Ñíguez (27) and the German Timo Werner (68), before the Belgian Romelu Lukaku (78) got the victory goal for the ‘blue’ team.
Chelsea’s long-suffering triumph came at a particularly convulsive moment for the entity, on the same day that its Russian owner, Roman Abramovich, announced the club’s sale due to the “current situation”, alluding to the Russian attack and the invasion of Ukraine.
Chelsea and Liverpool’s qualification for the English Cup comes just a few days after their duel last Sunday in the League Cup final, where Liverpool won on penalties.
Three other teams had qualified on Tuesday. The main surprise of that day was given by Middlesbrough (2nd division), who won 1-0 and eliminated Colombian Dávinson Sánchez’s Tottenham.
This Saturday, against West Ham, Díaz’s team will play for the Premier, at 12:30 pm
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From the hand of Square
Meanwhile, Juventus Turin, with Colombian Juan Guillermo Cuadrado for the last 45 minutes of the match, achieved a small advantage this Wednesday at Fiorentina’s court (1-0), with a goal in the 91st minute of the first leg of the semi-final of the Italian Cup, in which the locals were large dominators of the game.
When the initial result seemed that it was not going to budge, in the same way as in Milan-Inter on Tuesday, Juve saw how Cuadrado’s cross was poorly controlled and sent into his goal by defender ‘Viola’ Lorenzo Venuti.
On the other hand, Porto, in which Mateus Uribe plays, won 2-1 as a visitor in the first game of the Portuguese Cup semifinal against Sporting Lisbon. At the José Alvalade stadium, Uribe played 90 minutes. His team scored through Mehdi Taremi and Francisco Evanilson de Lima Barbosa. Sporting discounted with Pablo Sarabia
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