Asensio double fires Villa past Cardiff and into FA Cup quarter-finals Fri Feb 28 2025 21:55:00 Aston Villa vs Cardiff City. The FA Cup Fifth Round. Villa ParkAttendance40,175. Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff: Marco Asensio double fires Unai Emery's side into FA Cup quarter-finals Match report as Aston Villa beat Cardiff City 2-0 in the FA Cup fifth round to progress into the quarter-finals; Marco Asensio scored twice in the second half and Marcus Rashford provided the assist for the opener; FA Cup draw will take place on Sunday evening after Man Utd vs Fulham Friday 28 February 2025 22:01, UK Aston Villa booked their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win against Championship side Cardiff City, thanks to Marco Asensio's double in the second half. Cardiff frustrated Villa throughout the first hour of the game, with goalkeeper Ethan Horvath making seven saves before Marcus Rashford and Asensio linked up for a third time since both arriving in January to break the deadlock. Asensio swept home Rashford's cut-back in the 68th minute to open the scoring and netted his second of the night 12 minutes later (80) to ensure Unai Emery's men progressed into the next round. Villa will now eagerly await Sunday evening's draw, which is scheduled to take place after Manchester United host Fulham at Old Trafford, to discover who they will meet in the last eight. - How the teams lined up | Match stats - Aston Villa news | FA Cup fixtures & results - Get Sky Sports on WhatsApp | Download the Sky Sports app Cardiff, 19th in the Championship, gave a strong account of themselves on the road and might feel unlucky to have not been awarded a penalty just before the break when Perry Ng went down inside the area after feeling contact on his feet from Lamare Bogarde. "I think it was a penalty," said Sky Sports' Roy Keane on ITV. "He caught him and has gone down." However, Villa did dominate the fixture and likely should have been leading long before their opener, with Ollie Watkins and Rashford, who is yet to score in claret and blue, squandering chances from point-blank range before the break. It was far from a perfect performance in the final third from Villa but, after Tuesday's 4-1 drubbing at Crystal Palace, emerging with victory was the priority. As for Cardiff, full attention will now shift to extending their six-point gap on the bottom three in the Championship to ensure their survival. Who could Villa face? Remaining FA Cup fixtures: - Bournemouth vs Wolves - Crystal Palace vs Millwall - Man City vs Plymouth - Man Utd vs Fulham - Newcastle vs Brighton - Nottingham Forest vs Ipswich - Preston vs Burnley Link to the original article Bompastor opens up about 'secret life' and craving Chelsea success Fri Feb 28 2025 18:40:00 Sonia Bompastor: Chelsea head coach opens up about private life and pursuit of multiple trophies in first season at Stamford Bridge Sonia Bompastor opens up about 'secret life' and craving unrivalled Chelsea success; watch Brighton vs Chelsea (3pm) and Arsenal vs West Ham (5.30pm) in the Women's Super League live on Sky Sports Football on Sunday Friday 28 February 2025 18:49, UK The Sonia Bompastor who sits down in front of me isn't the steely-eyed ice-cool coach you see on the sidelines on matchday, in fact she is quite the opposite. She's chatty, warm and funny - almost two different people and that's the way she likes it. There's Bompastor the football coach and then the other Bompastor, the one person who, until this week, we knew very little about. Most of the time she's succeeded in keeping the two sides at arm's length but this week in an interview in France ahead of the publication of her new autobiography the two collided. The Chelsea head coach admitted to a secret she had kept for 13 years: she was in a relationship with her former team-mate and now coaching assistant Camille Abily. They share four kids together. She felt she had no choice but to hide and compartmentalise her life but concedes it was an incredible burden to carry. - WSL talking points: Girma set for Chels