St Pauli advances in DFB Pokal, Atalanta draws with AC Milan

Tuesday’s roundup of USMNT players abroad starts in Germany with the second round of the DFB Pokal. James Sands’s St Pauli drew 2-2 with Hoffenheim, advancing 8-7 on penalties. Hauke Wahl opened the scoring for St Pauli in the 1st and Hoffenheim equalized in the 47th. With that score holding through regulation, Hoffenheim took the lead from a penalty in the 107th. St Pauli’s Mathias Lage equalized two minutes into extra time stoppage time to send the game to penalties. St Pauli didn’t convert in round four while Hoffenheim didn’t score in rounds one and nine. Sands made his penalty in round seven.

John Tolkin’s Holstein Kiel advanced 1-0 at VfL Wolfsburg. Playing a man up from the 36th, Alexander Bernhardsson converted a Holstein Kiel penalty in the 42nd minute. Joe Scally subbed on in the 90th for Gladbach’s 3-1 home win over Karlsruher. Shuto Machino put Gladbach up in the 3rd and Nock Elvedi doubled the lead in the 51st. Karlsruher equalized in the 59th. Haris Tabakovic finished off the Gladbach scoring in the 89th minute.

Yunus Musah subbed on in the 82nd for Atalanta’s 1-1 home draw with AC Milan in Serie A. Trailing from the 4th, Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman equalized in the 35th minute. In Serie B, Andrija Novakovich subbed on in the 71st for Reggiana’s 1-0 home win over Modena. Andrea Bozzolan scored for Reggiana in the 17th minute.

Jonathan Gomez’s Albacete won 3-0 at San Fernando in the Coppa del Rey. Albacete went ahead from a Jefte Betancor goal in the 49th, Higinio Marin converted a penalty in the 56th, and Antonio Puertas scored in the 81st minute.

Dom Dwyer subbed on two minutes into stoppage time for Mansfield Town’s 2-0 home win over Plymouth Argyle in League One. Will Evans scored for Mansfield Town in the 6th and Jordan Bowery doubled their lead in the 84th minute.

Did Not Play: Timmy Chandler (Eintracht 1 – Borussia Dortmund 1, Dortmund advanced 4-2 on penalties), Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg 0 – Holstein Kiel 1), Gio Reyna (Gladbach 3 – Karlsruher 1), Christian Pulisic (AC Milan 1 – Atalanta 1), Antonee Robinson (Fulham 1 – Wycombe Wanderers 1, 5-4 Fulham on penalties in the League Cup fourth round), Haji Wright (Cardiff City 2 – Wrexham 1, League Cup)

On Tuesday in the DFB Pokal second round, Lenny Maloney’s Mainz lost 2-0 at home to Stuttgart to goals in the 6th and 73rd minutes. Kristoffer Lund’s FC Koln lost 4-1 at home to Bayern Munich. Ragnar Ache gave Koln the lead in the 31st. Bayern equalized in the 36th, went ahead in the 38th, and added goals in the 64th and 72nd minutes. Julian Green’s Furth lost 1-0 at home to Kaiserslautern to a goal in the 12th. Furth’s Omar Sillah saw red three minutes into stoppage time.

Auston Trusty’s Celtic beat Falkirk 4-0 at home in the Scottish Premiership. Johnny Kenny scored for Celtic in the 30th and 40th, Benjamin Nygren made it 3-0 in the 58th, and Sebastian Tounekti finished off the goals in the 73rd minute.

Benjamin Cremaschi subbed on in the 77th for Parma’s 2-1 loss at AS Roma in Serie A. Trailing from goals in the 63rd and 81st, Parma’s Alessandro Circati scored in the 86th minute.

Weston McKennie’s Juventus beat Udinese 3-1 at home. Dusan Vlahovic converted a Juventus penalty in the 5th with Udinese equalizing a minute into stoppage time. Juventus retook the lead from a Federico Gatti goal in the 67th and Kenan Yildiz converted a penalty six minutes into stoppage time.

In Serie B, Gianluca Busio subbed out in the 65th for Venezia’s 3-0 home win over Sudtirol. Issa Doumbia opened the scoring for Venezia in the 39th, Enrique Perez added a goal two minutes into stoppage time, and John Yeboah scored in the 67th minute.

Folarin Balogun subbed on in the 73rd for Monaco’s 5-3 win at Nantes in Ligue 1. Mamdou Coulibaly opened the scoring for Monaco in the 6th. Nantes equalized in the 19th. Balogun returned Monaco’s lead in the 41st with Nantes equalizing six minutes into stoppage time. Monaco retook the lead from a Maghnes Akliouche goal in the 55th and Aleksandr Golovin scored in the 75th. Nantes pulled a goal back in the 80th. Golovin scored again for Monaco four minutes into stoppage time.

Mark McKenzie’s Toulouse drew 2-2 at home with Stade Rennais. Trailing 2-0 from goals in the 50th and 54th, Charlie Cresswell pulled a goal back for Toulouse in the 58th. Toulouse’s Aron Donnum equalized from the penalty spot in the 85th minute. Tanner Tessmann subbed on in the 68th for Lyon’s 303 draw at Paris FC. Lyon took the lead from a Corentin Tolisso goal in the 5th and Pavel Sulc scored in the 51st and 58th. Abner saw red for Lyon in the 61st. Paric FC scored in the 65th, went a man down in the 67th, and added goals in the 77th and 84th minutes.

Konrad De La Fuente subbed on in the 82nd for Ceuta’s 2-0 win at La Union in the Coppa del Rey. Ceuta’s Manu Vallejo opened the scoring and Manu Sanchez doubled the lead in the 29th minute.

Erik Palmer-Brown’s Panathinaikos won 2-1 at Atromitos in the Greek Cup. Trailing from the 36th, Milos Pantovic equalized for Panathinaikos in the 50th and Filip Mladenovic scored in the 67th minute. Nicholas Gioacchini subbed out in the 66th for Asteras Tripolis’s 1-0 loss at Levadiakos. Asteras Tripolis fell behind in the 73rd minute.

Jordan Pefok subbed on in the 72nd for Tondela’s 3-0 loss at Benfica in the Primeira Liga. Benfica converted a penalty in the 41st, adding goals in the 83rd and five minutes into stoppage time.

Did Not Play: Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic 4 – Falkirk 0), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace 3 – Liverpool 0, League Cup fifth round), Malik Tillman (Bayer Leverkusen 4 – Paderborn 2), Tim Weah (Marseille 2 – Angers 2)

On Thursday, Taylor Booth subbed on in the 74th for Twente’s 4-1 win at Rhoda Raalte in the opening round of the KNVB Beker. Trailing from the 15th, Sam Lammers equalized for Twente in the 34th. Arno Verschueren put Twente up in the 50th, Sondre Orhasaeter doubled their lead in the 50th, and Bas Kuipers finished off the goals in the 78th minute.

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