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USMNT Players Abroad: Pulisic goal, Tillman and Pepi score
The roundup of USMNT players in Europe starts in the Champions League on Tuesday, where Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah’s AC Milan won 3-2 at Slovan Bratislava. Pulisic subbed out in the 75th and Musah subbed on in the 76th. It was Pulisic opening the scoring for AC Milan in the 21st. Slovan Bratislava equalized in the 24th. AC Milan retook the lead from a Rafael Leao goal in the 68th and Tammy Abraham made it 3-1 in the 71st. Slovan Bratislava pulled a goal back in the 88th and went a man down in the 90th minute.
Moving to the Championship, Duane Holmes subbed out in the 67th for Preston North End in their 0-0 draw at Stoke City. Preston’s Freddie Woodman saw red in the 90th minute.
On Wednesday in the Champions League, Folarin Balogun subbed on in the 63rd for AS Monaco’s 3-2 home loss to Benfica. Eliesse Ben Seghir scored for Monaco in the 13th with Benfica equalizing in the 48th. Monaco went a man down in the 58th when Wilfried Singo saw red. Soungoutou Magassa put Monaco up in the 67th, but Benfica equalized in the 84th and went ahead for good in the 88th minute.
Tim Weah’s Juventus drew 0-0 at Aston Villa. Weah saw yellow in the 77th. Auston Trusty and Cameron Carter-Vickers’s Celtic drew 1-1 at home with Club Brugge. Trailing from an own-goal in the 26th, Daizen Maeda equalized for Celtic in the 60th minute.
Gio Reyna subbed on in the 62nd for Borussia DOrtmund’s 3-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb. Jamie Gittens put Dortmund up in the 41st, Ramy Bensebaini doubled the lead in the 56th, and Serhou Guirasy made it 3-0 in the 90th minute.
Malik Tillman, Ricardo Pepi, and Richy Ledezma’s PSV beat Shakhtar Donetsk 3-2 at home. Trailing 2-0 from goals in the 8tha and 37th and playing up a man from the 69th, Tillman scored in the 87th and 90th for PSV. Pepi put them ahead five minutes into stoppage time.
Returning to the Championship, Brenden Aaronson subbed out in the 84th for Leeds United’s 3-0 home win over Luton Town. Sam Byram scored for Leeds in the 10th, Joel Piroe added a goal a minute into first-half stoppage time, and Daniel James finished off the scoring in the 81st minute.
In the opening legs of the Liga MX quarterfinals, Alex Zendejas subbed out in the 88th for Club America’s 2-0 home win over Toluca. Rodrigo Aguirre scored Club America’s goals in the 67th and 82nd minutes. Joe Corona subbed on in the 74th for Tijuana’s 3-0 home win over Cruz Azul. Raul Zuniga opened the scoring for Tijuana in the 10th and Efrain Alvarez doubled the lead in the 19th. Playing a man up from the 34th, Emanuel Reynoso scored for Tijuana in the 42nd minute.
On Thursday in the Europa League, Tanner Tessmann subbed out in the 76th for Lyon’s 4-1 win at Qarabag. Georges Mikautadze put Lyon up in the 15th, Corentin Tolisso doubled the lead in the 63rd, and Malick Fofana made it 3-0 in the 68th. Mikautadze scored again in the 80th. Lyon gave up an own-goal in the 88th minute. In the Conference League, Lenny Maloney’s Heidenheim lost 2-0 at home to Chelsea to goals in the 51st and 86th. Chelsea saw red six minutes into stoppage time.
Brandon Vazquez subbed on in the 65th for Monterrey’s 1-0 home win over UNAM Pumas in the first-leg of their Liga MX quarterfinal series. Sergio Canales converted a Monterrey penalty in the 90th minute.
Did Not Play: Haji Wright (Coventry City 0 – Burnley 2), Josh Sargent (Norwich City 6 – Plymouth 1), Lynden Gooch (Stoke City 0 – Preston 0), Gabriel Slonina (Barnsley 2 – Reading 2), Weston McKennie (Juventus 0 – Aston Villa 0), Sergino Dest (PSV 3 – Shakhtar Donetsk 2), Ethan Horvath (Cardiff City 0 – QPR 2), Aidan Morris and Matthew Hoppe (Middlesbrough 0 – Blackburn 0), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht 2 – Midtjylland 1), Matthew Olosunde (The New Saints 0 – Djurgarden 1), Johnny Cardoso (Real Betis 1 – Mlada Boleslav 2)
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