Aston Villa, with Emiliano "Dibu" Martínez in goal, beat Middlesbrough 1-0 on the hour mark and moved on to the round of 16. of the end.
Defender Matthew Cash scored in the 42nd minute of the second half, a result that allowed the Birmingham team to move on.
Dibu had little work to do but was always attentive whenever Boro tried to unsettle 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 he played for his club in all competitions, a fundamental performance to explain the present of the "Villans", who are second in the Premier League.
Dibu's celebration after Cash's goal. Photo: REUTERS/Molly Darlington.
This FA Cup triumph serves to end an unusual streak that afflicted Aston Villa: they had seven consecutive eliminations at the start of the competition. Their executioners from 2017 to the present had 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 match in the third round of the FA Cup, Chelsea, with a goal from Enzo Fernandez, beat Preston North End (of the Second Division) 4-0, at home, and advanced to the next phase.
The former River midfielder, world champion with the Argentine National Team in Qatar 2022, closed the rout of the London team at the end of the match, 40 minutes into the second period.
They had earlier scored for the team led by Mauricio Pochettino, Albania's Armando Borja, Brazil's Thiago Silva and Raheem Sterling.
In this way, Chelsea, who are in tenth place in the English Premier League, secured their place in the next stage of the tournament, while Preston North End was left out.
GOAL BY ENZO FERNÁNDEZ! The VAR threw the lines and the Argentine celebrated the 4-0 Chelsea vs. Preston North End.
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Bournemouth, on the other hand, with Argentine defender Marcos Senesi in the starting line-up, beat Queens Park Rangers (QPR), 3-2, on the road, and also advanced in the competition
Irish striker Sinclair Armstrong and Scotland striker Lyndon opened the scoring for QPR, but the Premier League side turned it around with goals from Marcus Tavenier, Welshman Kieffer Moore and Dutchman Justin Kluivert.
A great game in the FA Cup this Sunday
The oldest competition in English football will have as an exclusive match the clash between Arsenal and Liverpool this Sunday from 13.30 in Argentina, at the Emirates Stadium in London.
Manchester City, with champions Julián Álvarez, will play from 11 a.m. at the Etihad Stadium against Huddersfield (of the Championship, second division).
The FA Cup was first developed in the 1871-72 season: with 152 years of permanence it is the oldest football tournament in the world and teams from all divisions of English football take part in it.