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Two goals for Pepi in KNVB Beker win
Tuesday’s USMNT players abroad roundup starts in the KNVB Beker, where Richy Ledezma and Ricardo Pepi’s PSV shutout Koninklijke 8-0 at home. Ledezma subbed out in the 76th. PSV’s Hirving Lozano opened the scoring in the 12th, an own-goal doubled the lead in the 18th, and Pepi made it 3-0 in the 31st. Guus Til added a goal in the 38th and an own-goal made it 5-0 in the 67th. Pepi scored again in the 83rd and Ivan Perisic extended the lead with goals in the 89th and a minute into stoppage time.
Moving to the Coppa Italia, Weston McKennie and Tim Weah’s Juventus beat Cagliari 4-0 at home in the Coppa Italia round of 16. Weah subbed on in the 81st. Dusan Vlahovic opened the scoring for Juventus in the 44th, Teun Koopmeiners doubled the lead in the 53rd, and Francisco Conceicao made it 3-0 in the 80th. Weah assisted on Nicolas Gonzalez’s goal in the 89th minute.
On Wednesday in the KNVB Beker, Paxten Aaronson’s FC Utrecht won 8-0 at AFC. Victor Jensen opened the scoring with goals in the 34th and 40th with Miguel Rodriguez scoring in the 43rd and 60th. Adrian Blake made it 5-0 in the 70th and Aaronson extended the lead in the 78th. David Min finished off the scoring with goals in the 87th and 90th minutes.
In the UEFA Conference League on Thursday, Johnny Cardoso’s Real Betis beat HJK Helsinki 1-0 at home. Cardoso scored the game’s only goal in the 27th minute. George Bello’s LASK drew 1-1 at home with Vikingur, falling behind from a penalty in the 23rd. Marin Ljubicic equalized for LASK in the 26th. Vikingur saw red in the 89th minute.
Did Not Play: Malik Tillman and Sergino Dest (PSV 8 – Koninklijke 0), Matt Turner and Chris Richards (Crystal Palace 2 – Arsenal 3, League Cup quarterfinals), Lenny Maloney (Heidenheim 1 – St Gallen 1), Matthew Olosunde (The New Saints 2 – NK Celje 3), Eric Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos 4 – Dinamo Minsk)
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