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Football
Cardiff City
vs Luton Town. Sky Bet Championship.
7: 45pm, Tuesday 11th March 2025.
Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: Attendance16, 641.
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Cardiff City and Luton Town at the Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday night; Jordan Clark and Thelo Aasgaard seal a vital comeback win for Matt Bloomfield's Hatters. Tuesday 11 March 2025 23: 06, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Luton claimed a precious 2-1 victory over Cardiff in their Championship relegation battle as the contest was overshadowed by an injury to Aaron Ramsey that threatens to rule the Wales captain out of World Cup action. With five points separating the two clubs at kick-off, Calum Chambers put 21st-placed Cardiff ahead five minutes after the break with their first shot on target. Jordan Clark levelled with a sensational strike seven minutes later to give Luton, two places below Cardiff, hope and Thelo Aasgard smashed home late on to secure rare away joy for the Hatters. It was only their second win on the road this season, and their first since beating Millwall on September 14, and moves them to within two points of safety. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Ramsey - set to be named in the Wales squad on Thursday for opening World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and North Macedonia - appeared distraught after back-heeling the ball in the 49th minute and pulling up. He instantly threw down the captain's armband and sat on the turf with his head bowed. The 34-year-old missed five months of the season after sustaining a hamstring injury on international duty in September.
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This was Ramsey's sixth appearance since returning to action at the start of February, but the former Arsenal and Juventus midfielder now seems set for another spell on the sidelines. An anxious home crowd had to wait 19 minutes for Cardiff's first goal attempt, and even then there was little to get excited about as Dimitrios Goutas prodded harmlessly wide. Rubin Colwill broke down the right and found Yousef Salech with a square pass, but the striker's finish lacked accuracy. Luton improved as the half wore on and Carlton Morris made a nuisance of himself at the near post to put Cardiff goalkeeper Ethan Horvath under pressure. The best moment of a flat first half came after 31 minutes when Luton midfielder Liam Walsh let fly with a sweetly-struck volley from 25 yards. Horvath moved quickly to his left to push the ball away, but the Cardiff players were greeted by jeers as the half-time whistle blew. Cardiff took the lead moments after Ramsey's departure as Luton half-cleared a free-kick and Chambers smashed a ball into the ground and past Thomas Kaminski. The lead was brief as Clark produced an equaliser of the highest quality, controlling the ball on his chest and lashing a volley into the roof of the net from 20 yards. Chambers rattled the Hatters crossbar but Luton grabbed the winner 10 minutes from time. Former Cardiff winger Josh Bowler's shot deflected into the path of Aasgaard, and the Norwegian finished in style. Cardiff's Omer Riza: "The goals we gave away were comical. "We are just not doing the basics well enough and it's costing us heavily. The same mistakes are happening over and over. "Players are not taking responsibility and we are in trouble. If we are going to keep doing that we will be in big trouble. "We've got nine games left and we need to stop doing this stuff. Otherwise we're not going to win games. " Luton's Matt Bloomfield: "We've been talking for a little while about the cluster of clubs above us we have to target. "Cardiff are one of those and this is about keeping our feet on the floor because it's just one result. "But it's given us a nice lift, a real confidence boost. Much has been made of the away form, but that's now out of the way so we can concentrate on the job in hand. " The £250, 000 is up for grabs with Super 6, and as always it is completely free to play. Entries by 3pm Saturday.
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