Domingos Quina brings hope for Barnsley FC and Poya Asbaghi - now can they avoid Championship relegation?
The Reds ended a 13-match winless run in the Championship as Domingos Quina’s second-half goal moved them five points from safety.
Quina, on loan from Watford, struck 16 minutes from time to move the bottom-placed Tykes five points from safety, giving boss Poya Asbaghi his first win in charge.
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Hide AdAsbaghi celebrated his first win in charge, and said: “Of course you feel good after a victory.
“I think for us as well, with the results we have had this season, this win comes at a really good moment.
“It was a win that I felt was well deserved. I think we played well.
“In the first half, maybe we were a little too open and they were allowed to have too much on the ball.
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Hide Ad“I felt that coming into the second half, we adjusted that pretty well. We were much more aggressive in our pressing in the second half.
“When I watched the second half, I honestly felt that we were the better team. It was a great goal from Dom that puts us in the lead and you never know how we’re going to react, defending a lead because we haven’t done that so much. I felt that the players did it in a mature way. It gives a lot for the confidence, I hope.
“The only way you can unite everybody in and around the club is to win football games and play good.”
Barnsley enjoyed a decent spell with Carlton Morris having a long-range effort saved by David Marshall and Josh Benson putting a free-kick over.
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Hide AdJordan Williams made a good run, beating several players before putting his effort over.
The hosts threatened again when Amine Bassi received the ball from Morris around 25 yards and fired in a shot which only just missed the target. Michal Helik made a vital block to thwart Gray inside the area, deflecting the striker’s shot off-target. Callum Styles dragged his effort wide after combining with Bassi.
Quina found the net with a left-footed drive which went in off the underside of the bar after Marshall got a hand to it.
Barnsley: Collins, Williams, Helik, Andersen, Gomes, Styles, J Benson (Palmer 69), Quina (Cole 81), Vita, Morris, Bassi. Unused substitutes: Walton, Moon, Hondermarck, Halme, Wolfe.
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Hide AdQPR: Marshall, Dickie, Dunne, Barbet, Odubajo, Hendrick (Johansen 62), Field, Wallace (Adomah 67), Chair, Gray (Austin 62), Dykes. Unused substitutes: Dieng, Amos, Thomas, Sanderson.
Referee: M Salisbury (Lancashire).
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