Joe Willock doubles like Newcastle Big Birmingham in thriller – The Guardian

Wet in the evening, slippery terrain and two engaged teams and suddenly the FA Cup doesn’t look in a very problematic condition. It was a remarkable tie played at a remarkable rate full of incidents and endeavors and illuminated by a stunning goal by Tomoki Iva. The Japan International Strike was not enough to prevent Newcastle from reaching the fifth round, but it was the highlight of performance, from which Birmingham would attract not only a lot of pride, but also an encouragement that they would be able to cope with more. High level if you go to the championship.

The weather was perfect for the fourth round of the glass, a thick veil of rain that threw everything in a properly nostalgic mild focus. Although Promotion Is Clearly The Priority for Birmingham, This Was A Game That Mattered, Something Clear from the Dozen Or so Lads in Burberry Caps To the Pre-Match Light Show Featuring the Local rapper Jaykae.

Not surprisingly, after the euphoria of the Carabao Cup semi -final on Wednesday over Arsenal, Eddie How made nine changes to Newcastle, only Dan Berne and Bruno Guimaraes, starting with both games.

It didn’t take much time for a long -lasting sense of well -being to evaporate as Birmingham took the lead within 43 seconds, Ethan Laard threw himself through the trunk of Kalum Wilson after Keran Dowel’s corner headed back through the door from Kashi Anderson S

After controlling its first season, the consortium, led by Tom Wagner and is coming from Tom Brady, who owns Birmingham, invests seriously in an attempt to provide a return to the championship, spending £ 30 million this season, about half of that for attraction to Jay Stansfield from Fulham.

The power of Birmingham as they climbed to the top of the League was their defense, with only four goals giving way to their previous 13 games, but it was the attacking side of the game that caught their eye before halftime. Scott Wright was a constant threat that made it move to the right, while another well-processed set-game forced Nick Pope to stretch, rescuing the right to keep Anderson’s will.

After getting out of this, the greater quality of Newcastle began to be imposed, to a large extent, through the direct running of 21-year-old Dane William, to the right, and they were ahead until the 26th minute.

First, the linear man Nigel Lug, a former Kruyden warehouse manager, decides that Bailey Paun-Farrell did not make an amazing rescue to protect Joe Willock’s close distance, four minutes later, Wilson was driven by The closer range then after that after the closer range then after the closer range then after the closer range after the closer range after the closer range after the closer range after the closer range after more -Close to two, on two yards in front of an open goal, somehow hit the ball in the back of his upright leg.

Birmingham, for their huge loan, does not fade, even when the game was more and more playing in their half. Stansfield had already turned widely from a promising position when Iva, running to a bouncing clearance and hit the upper corner of 25 yards first. Only the worst of the hearts would point out that when the ball flashed past Gaund, he was in off. Such is life without var and goalline technology.

Drizzle headed for the rain, but the only reason for the pace to retreat at the beginning of the second half was several injuries that forced both Berne and Mark Leonard. Burne could at least stop at what looked like a groin problem, although he should be a doubt about the Karabao Cup final next month, but Leonard required a stretcher after his sliding ball took his knee in the spikes Lewis Miley.

Newcastle never looked completely comfortable, but in the end they found the winner, with Willock arranging to pierce a cross shot of Sean Longstaf between the legs of Pair Feyrell in 82 minutes. Birmingham, perhaps, has just started to get tired, and until Willock’s running is raised, this does not get worse by the speed of instincts or the sharpness of the final. This was not the best presentation of Newcastle, but given the changes that will never be: it was for the work done – and they did it.