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As the rainfall poured down astatine full-time and Leicester City's dejected players trudged disconnected the pitch, Blackburn's supporters remained successful their country of the King Power Stadium.
The euphoric contingent of travelling fans are present dreaming of a travel to the superior aft a deserved 2-1 victory implicit the Premier League side, courtesy of goals from Tyrhys Dolan and Sammie Szmodics took their broadside into the FA Cup quarter-finals.
"Que sera sera, immoderate volition beryllium volition be, we're going to Wembley," was however the Rovers fans serenaded their players astatine the end, with the squad taking the acclaim.
Another triumph successful the adjacent circular and Rovers volition beryllium there.
"The players wrote a caller section successful their large history," said their beaming brag Jon Dahl Tomasson afterwards. "They tin beryllium highly proud.
"It was large to perceive our fans, the players won it connected the transportation and the fans won it successful the stands."
'The top cupful successful the world'
Blackburn person not played successful the apical formation since being relegated astatine the extremity of the 2011-12 run but, arsenic good arsenic a cupful run, they are eyeing promotion backmost to the large clip this season.
The Lancashire broadside are 4th successful the Championship and though an automatic instrumentality by finishing successful the apical 2 is unlikely, a play-off spot is wrong reach.
Tuesday night's triumph astatine Leicester, which was afloat of vigor and verve, extended Blackburn's fantabulous tally to 1 decision successful 13 games and they are unbeaten successful the past 10.
The fifth-round necktie did not tickle the fancy of Foxes followers, with the stadium 9,000 abbreviated of capacity, but Blackburn's fans went location delirious connected a dull and dreary evening.
They were the much vocal throughout, backing their squad for the full 90 minutes, and rewarded with a notable triumph connected their 200-mile circular trip.
A 50% subsidised summons terms made the triumph adjacent sweeter for the 2,600 supporters who made their mode to the Midlands.
Rovers, who bushed West Ham successful the Carabao Cup earlier this play to assertion different Premier League scalp, are into the FA Cup quarter-finals for the archetypal clip since 2015.
"The lads person done an fantabulous job," said erstwhile Newcastle and AC Milan striker Tomasson. "A giant-killer against West Ham successful the past 16 and present into the past 8 of the top cupful successful world.
"It has each those traditions. I spoke galore times astir it arsenic a small child, erstwhile sitting and watching English tv [channels]. This cupful is superb and 1 of the lone countries wherever it is live - it made our fans proud.
"We instrumentality the cupful precise seriously, it is simply a cupful with a batch traditions and the shot nine is the astir important for the fans. We request to springiness it a spell and we did that with them.
"Last 8 successful the champion cupful successful the world, a superb accomplishment for a nine similar Rovers."
Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman added connected BBC TV: "Blackburn played with the state their manager said they would earlier the game. It is 1 happening to beryllium told to person content but it is different happening to bash it.
"They took the crippled to Leicester some successful and retired of possession and that is nary mean feat distant from location astatine a Premier League club. They dominated for 65 minutes and could person scored much than the 2 goals they did.
"Then they had to support and amusement different broadside of themselves, truthful it was an all-round show from Blackburn Rovers and a well-deserved win."
Leicester were winners of the contention lone 2 years ago, erstwhile they bushed Chelsea successful the final, but this exit means they tin present absorption connected trying to debar relegation from the Premier League.
The Foxes are 14th successful the table, conscionable 4 places and 3 points supra the driblet zone.
Manager Brendan Rodgers said: "The FA Cup was an accidental to get to the quarter-final, against a Championship squad astatine home, but they were a batch amended than us.
"We person to beryllium disquieted astir that."
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