About to be 88 years old from the only title that the Preston North End looks in its showcases, the northern England team was classified for the quarterfinals of the Cup after clearly winning the Burnley (3-0) with the goals of Robbie Brady and Milutin Osmajic.
The England Cup that won in 1938 is the last great joy that has proudly filled the Preston fans, who maintain their dream of playing another final to end a drought of almost nine decades. That 1-0 of April 30, 1938 against Huddersfield is a historical relic that could banish forever … although it is not easy.
Burnley was the victim of Preston’s ambition. In a duel of Championship equipment, the local painting was the one that took the cat to the water thanks especially to a man, Robbie Brady, who broke the visitor wall with a spectacular goal.
At half an hour, a launch of unappealable foul was taken from the hat that entered through the goal of the goal defended by Vaclav Hladky, unable to save a shot measured with squad and bell.
It was the prize for the insistence of the Preston, which sentenced the game before the break with the success of Osmanjic. The Montenegrino striker took advantage of a spectacular filter pass from Brad Potts to overcome Hladky in a hand to hand and sentence a match whose second part was a procedure. Only Will Keane, with the 3-0, was able to round a marker with which the Preston maintains his dream of achieving a final that would be historical.