The Carabao Cup begun this weekend for the 2021/22 season and the opener sees the first team to exit the competition confirmed.
Yes, while most of the First Round ties get underway on the 10th of August, the tournament sees two fixtures played out, one on Saturday and another on Sunday.
For the first of the two, AFC Bournemouth of the Championship played host to Milton Keynes Dons from League One, with their manager under speculation that he’s off to Swansea City.
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On the 15th minute, it was the Cherries who started the more promising start, with their overlap causing problems as Stacey’s cross was almost turned home by Anthony before Brooks forced a save from the goalkeeper.
Halfway through the first half, it was almost the opener for Bournemouth, a brilliant build-up play saw Brooks race onto Billing’s clever cut-back but he drilled his effort over.
Then on the 36th minute, Kilkenny clipped a beautiful lofted pass into the box for David Brooks to volley home superbly to send the fans inside the Vitality Stadium wild.
A minute into the second half, Solanke was played in on goal, but was offside. Then just after that, Bournemouth doubled their lead. Kilkenny sprayed a lovely pass to Brooks, he found Smith on the underlap and his low cross reaches Solanke, who swiveled and fired home.
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The 51st minute saw a big block produced from MK Dons’ Darling to deny Solanke from getting a third, then Twine had his dipping free-kick saved by Travers.
The goals didn’t stop there despite MK Dons trying to get back in the game.
On the 72nd minute, cool as you like, it was 3-0 to Bournemouth. Great pressure from the frontline as Billing won the ball back at the edge of the box and tucked the ball home.
Back in front of some live football 😍#AFCB pic.twitter.com/6zIhADbGHQ
— Andy Moore (@Ajmoore21) July 31, 2021
Time for a fourth? You bet ya. Bournemouth went 4-0 up against MK Dons to definitely book their place into the Second Round.
This time is was a much touching moment as it was Christian Saydee on his professional debut, a great time to open your account.
Stanislas drove the ball across the box and Saydee tucked it home on the 80th minute.
The hosts went on to make it 5-0 three minutes later, what an impact from Christian Saydee. The debutant won the ball back on the half-way line, found Brooks, who passed it home to seal the comfortable win.
AFC Bournemouth: Travers, Stacey (Zemura, 40), Ibsen Rossi, Kelly, Smith, Brooks, Kilkenny, Marcondes (Stanislas, 66), Anthony, Billing, Solanke (Saydee, 76).
Unused subs: Camp, Taylor, Glover, Dennis (g/k).
Booked: Solanke, Zemura.
MK Dons: Ravizzoli, Watson (Martin, 75), O’Hora, Darling, Baldwin, Harvie, O’Riley, Kasumu, Twine, Eisa, Brown (Robson, 54).
Unused subs: Lewington, Jules, Bird, Ilunga, Walker (g/k).
Booked: Kasumu, Harvie O’Hora.
Referee: Sam Purkiss.
PRE-SEASON RESULTS
Dover 0-2 Stevenage
Sutton 2-1 Barnet
Wealdstone 1-1 Colchester
Wingate & Finchley 0-2 Chesham
Leeds 2-3 Real Betis
Bristol City 0-3 Aston Villa
Bristol Rovers 3-2 Oxford United
Cardiff 2-0 Newport
Chichester 0-2 Basingstoke
Chorley 5-2 Huddersfield U23
Stoke 1-1 Wolves
Tadcaster 4-3 Ashton Utd
Tranmere 1-2 Burnley
Leyton Orient 2-0 Gillingham
Stocksbridge 1-2 Spennymoor
Stratford 0-2 King’s Lynn
Brightlingsea 0-5 Altrincham
Accrington 0-2 Bradford City
AFC Totton 1-3 Eastleigh
AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Scunthorpe
Alfreton 1-2 Solihull Moors
Ashford Utd 2-3 Folkestone
Birmingham 0-4 West Brom
Bolton 2-2 Blackburn
Brackley Town 2-1 Kettering (
Brentford 0-1 West Ham
Cambridge Utd 0-0 Northampton
Cheltenham 2-0 Walsall
Chester 3-0 Fleetwood
Chesterfield 0-1 Port Vale
Cray Valley PM 1-1 Welling
Curzon Ashton0-4 Stockport
Dartford 2-2 Southend
Dorchester 2-5 Weymouth
Eastbourne Boro 2-3 Lewes
Enfield Town 1-7 Hayes & Yeading
Exeter 0-2 Shrewsbury
Halesowen 1-2 Kidderminster
Harlow 6-1 Tilbury
Havant & Waterlooville 3-1 Gosport
Hebburn Town 2-1 Blyth
Hednesford 0-0 Leamington
Hemel Hempstead 0-3 Dag & Red – Abandoned
Highworth 1-0 Swindon Supermarine
Horsham 2-1 Met. Police
Ipswich 0-3 Millwall
Kings Langley 0-5 Boreham Wood
Luton 1-3 Brighton
Morecambe 1-1 Blackpool
Mossley 1-0 Pontefract
Nantwich 0-0 Leek
Newcastle Town 1-1 Hereford
Ossett United 1-0 Grantham
Portsmouth 2-0 Peterborough
QPR 3-3 Leicester
Reading 1-3 Crystal Palace
Salford 0-2 Lincoln
Scarborough 4-2 Cleethorpes
Sheffield 1-3 Matlock
Shepshed 0-0 Walsall Wood
Southport 2-1 Barrow
Stafford 2-0 Aston Villa U23
Swansea 1-3 Southampton
Swindon 0-1 Peterborough
Tamworth 0-5 Wrexham
Torquay 0-3 Plymouth
Worksop 0-0 Gainsborough
Yeovil 0-1 Forest Green
Fulham 1-0 Charlton
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