Championship

Goal ace Szmodics is having a ball

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The LeaguePaper Team
7 January 2024

By James Tatler

BLACKBURN R 5
Szmodics 23, 37, 45+3, Sigurdsson 66, Leonard 81

CAMBRIDGE UTD 2
Lankester 6, Kaikai 26

STAR MAN
SAMMIE SZMODICS Blackburn

Jon Dahl Tomasson was delighted to see Sammie Szmodics claim his first-ever match ball after a superb hat-trick helped Blackburn overcome a dogged Cambridge United.
Rovers trailed twice, to Jack Lankester’s curling effort and Sullay Kaikai’s volley. In between those goals, Szmodics swept home and he brought Rovers level again with a typically clinical strike.
The Championship’s leading scorer took his tally for the season to 19 in fir...

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