Aston Villa Advances to FA Cup Quarter-Finals
American goalkeeper Ethan Horvath, playing for Cardiff City, was a one-man wall for 60 minutes, making three incredible saves to keep his team in the game. However, even his heroics couldn't withstand the relentless attacks from Aston Villa, who eventually broke through in the 68th minute.
The breakthrough came from Marco Asensio, who scored from close range to give Villa the lead. The Spanish midfielder wasn't done yet, adding a second goal later in the match to seal the victory and send Aston Villa into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
2024-25, England - FA Cup
Aston Villa - Cardiff City 2:0 (0:0)
Goals: Asensio, 68 (1:0); Asensio, 80 (2:0)
Aston Villa: Martinez E.; Konsa; Maatsen I. (Digne, 83); McGinn J.; Tielemans; Watkins; Asensio (Ramsey J., 82); Bogarde L.; Robledo; Rashford (Rogers M., 82); Bailey
Bench: Olsen R.; Zych; Kamara B.
Cardiff City: Horvath E.; Fish; Goutas; Ng P.; Lawlor D. (Davies I., 81); Giles (Bagan, 64); Ramsey (Robertson A., 65); Colwill; Willock C. (Ashford, 81); El Ghazi; Robinson C. (Salech Y., 46)
Bench: Turner M.; Mannsverk; O'Dowda
