In the 1/8 finals of the English Cup, Newcastle United defeated the guests against Blackburn Rovers, who represent the other half of the Championship standings.

In the 71st quarter, the “magpies” took the lead from Anthony Gordon’s goal, and the “vagrants” were able to quickly turn the parity on the scoreboard after the realized chance from the victorious Semmi Smodich.

Both in the main hour and in the additional hour the teams were not able to achieve anything significant, so the post-match penalty shootout meant that the passage to the quarterfinals of the oldest football tournament meant that the most successful were the Blackburn-New castle 1:1 (pen. 3:4).

Scorers: Smodich 79 - Gordon 71 Blackburn: Pearce - Hayem, McFadzin (Koumetio 72), Wharton - Britten, Buckley (Gareth 64), Moran (Ayari 63), Cresen - Dolan (Markendey 64), Gallagher.