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Action from the Junior game between Chelsea and Maccabi Haifa

Premier champions Manchester United have progressed to the quarter-finals of this year's Milk Cup competition where they will play Desportivo Brasil.

The Premiership club defeated Club Cantolao 4-0 on Tuesday night.

Junior holders Everton are also through to the last eight and will now face Swindon Town on Wednesday.

County Down Juniors booked a place against Club Pachuca in the knockout stage and County Down Premier will play Sheffield United after also qualifying.

County Down Juniors won their second match, 2-0 over North Dublin while Everton beat Spartak Moscow 1-0 to seal their place in the last eight.

Chelsea play Watford and Hull play Plymouth in the other Junior ties, Hull having qualified thanks to winning a drawing of lots against luckless County Armagh.

Co Armagh had drawn 0-0 with Hull on Monday and beat AB Copenhagen 3-1 on Tuesday.

Co Down beat Spartak Moscow on Monday and followed that up with their victory over North Dublin, Shane McCartan and Andrew Mitchell scoring the winning goals for John Bailie's side.

Chelsea booked their quarter-final berth with a thrilling 4-3 success over Maccabi Haifa while Watford enjoyed a convincing 4-0 win over AIK Stockholm.

In other Junior results on Tuesday, County Fermanagh drew 0-0 with Dundalk SL, County Antrim beat Queen of the South 5-1 and County Tyrone drew 1-1 with Donegal.

The Northern Ireland counties enjoyed mixed fortunes in the Premier section on Tuesday.

County Down drew 1-1 with Watford, County Antrim beat Cherry Orchard 3-2, County Armagh drew 0-0 with Shamrock Rovers, County Fermanagh drew 1-1 with Cruz Azul, County Londonderry lost 3-2 to Desportivo Brasil and County Tyrone went down 1-0 to South Coast Bayern.

In the other quarter-final ties, Fenerbache play Cherry Orchard, South Coast Bayern face FC Porto and Sheffield United play County Down.

Milk Cup results/fixtures

Tuesday 28 July

Premier Section

Fenerbahce 1-0 Sheffield Utd
Co Antrim 3-2 Cherry Orchard
FC Porto 2-1 Otago
Trudovye Rezervy 5-3 Burnley
Shamrock Rovers 0-0 Co Armagh
Cruz Azul 1-1 Co Fermanagh
Co Londonderry 0-2 Desportivo Brasil
Co Tyrone 0-1 South Coast Bayern
Watford 1-1 Co Down
Club Cantolao 0-4 Manchester Utd

Junior Section

Co Armagh 3-1 AB Copenhagen
Co Fermanagh 0-0 Dundalk SL
Queen of the South 1-5 Co Antrim
Club Necaxa 1-3 Hull City
Club Pachuca 6-0 Co Londonderry
Everton 1-0 Spartak Moscow
Swindon Town 4-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
The FAJ 0-7 Plymouth Argyle
Co Down 2-0 North Dublin SL
Co Tyrone 1-1 Donegal SL
Watford 4-0 AIK Stockholm
Chelsea 4-3 Maccabi Haifa

Wednesday Milk Cup fixtures

Premier quarter-finals

Fenerbache v Cherry Orchard (Riada Stadium, 1800 BST)
Manchester Utd v Desportivo Brasil (Limavady, 1900)
South Coast Bayern v FC Porto (Ballymena Showgrounds, 1800)
Sheffield United v County Down (Mullaghacall, Portstewart, 1900)

Junior quarter-finals

Everton v Swindon Town (Coleraine Showgrounds, 1800 BST)
Co Down v Club Pachuca (University, Coleraine, 1700)
Chelsea v Watford (Rugby Avenue, Coleraine, 1700)
Hull v Plymouth (Parker Avenue, Portrush, 1700)

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