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Europe Wrap: Asia's finest put on impressive shows
Kuala Lumpur: Asian stars getting their name on the scoresheet in European league action the last seven days included Australia’s Martin Boyle, Japan’s Ko Itakura, Iraq’s Ali Jasim and Uzbekistan’s Roma’s Eldor Shomurodov. 
It was another busy week for Asia’s best so follow the-AFC.com as we look at what they’ve been up to in Europe this past week.

England: Sugawara’s Southampton go marching down
Japan international Yukinari Sugawara came on a minute before regulation in Southampton’s 1-1 stalemate with Crystal Palace, who fielded fellow international Daichi Kamada from the 59th minute. 
 
Sugawara was also involved from the 73rd minute in their 3-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur, which saw the Saints suffer the earliest relegation in Premier League history. 
Tottenham’s Korea Republic international and club captain Son Heung-min played a full match in their 1-0 defeat to Chelsea, which means his side are looking at a finish outside the top 10 for the first time since 2008. He was also on the pitch for 57 minutes in their win over Southampton.
 
Brighton’s Japan international midfielder Kaoru Mitoma was on for 90 minutes in their 3-0 loss to Aston Villa, a result which put an end to the club’s six-match unbeaten run. He also played 63 minutes in their 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace, who fielded Kamada for the full match. 
English Premier League leaders Liverpool sent in Japan captain Wataru Endo three minutes into time added on in their 1-0 win over Everton. The Reds’ subsequent 3-2 defeat to Fulham leaves them 11 points clear at the top with seven games remaining.
 
Australia’s Cameron Burgess played a full match for Ipswich Town in their 2-1 win over AFC Bournemouth and did the same in their 2-1 loss to Wolves in the following match.

Scotland: Boyle nets his 11th of the season 
Australian international Martin Boyle scored the second goal for Hibernian in their 2-0 win over Rangers, which extended their unbeaten Scottish Premiership streak to 16 games. HIs fellow Australians Nectarios Triantis, Jack Iredale and Lewis Miller played the full match. 
Their countrymen Cameron Devlin and Calem Nieuwenhof came on in the 64th and 71st minutes respectively in Hearts’ 1-0 loss to Dundee United, who used another Socceroo, Ryan Strain, for the full match.
 
Celtic started Japan international Reo Hatate in the Premiership leaders’ 1-0 loss to St Johnstone, Hatate’s fellow international and teammate Daizen Maeda played for 61 minutes while Korea Republic international Yang Hyun-jun came in after the break.
Aberdeen FC’s Palestine forward Oday Dabbagh came on in the 81st minute as his side defeated Ross County 1-0. County played Australia’s Josh Nisbet from the 84th minute. 
 
Motherwell sent in Australian Johnny Koutroumbis in the 77th minute in their 2-0 loss to Kilmarnock. 

Germany: Itakura strikes for Monchengladbach
Japan international Ko Itakura struck two minutes into time added on in the first half to give Borussia M’gladbach a 1-1 draw with St Pauli, who played Australian international Jackson Irvine for the full match and sent in his countryman Connor Metcalfe in the 74th minute.
Japan international Ritsu Doan assisted SC Freiburg’s only goal in the 88th minute in their 4-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund.
 
Bayern Munich’s Korea Republic international Kim Min-jae played 90 minutes in their 3-1 win over Augsburg. The result moves the Bundesliga leaders nine points clear of second-placed Bayer Leverkusen.
 
Mainz’s Japan midfielder Kaishu Sano played the full match in their 1-1 stalemate with Holstein Kiel, who fielded his fellow international Shuto Machino from the start. Korea Republic’s Lee Jae-sung played 68 minutes for Mainz while his teammate and countryman Hong Hyeon-seok came on two minutes into time added on.

Netherlands: Jasim nabs his first 
Iraq international Ali Jasim came on for Almere City in the 66th minute and scored his first Eredivisie goal of the season just a minute later in their 2-2 draw with PEC Zwolle. Indonesia international Thom Haye played a full match for Almere.
Korea Republic international Hwang In-Beom played 65 minutes while Japan international Ayase Ueda came on at the same time in Feyenoord’s 4-1 win over FC Groningen. Ueda also played in their following 1-0 win over AZ Alkmaar  
 
Indonesia’s international defender Mees Hilgers played 69 minutes for FC Twente in their 1-1 draw with Fortuna Sittard. 
Hilgers’ fellow international Calvin Verdonk played a full match for NEC Nijmegen in their 2-0 loss to Sparta Rotterdam. Japan’s Kodai Sano played 64 minutes while countryman Kento Shiogai came in after the break. Shunsuke Mito played for the opposing side for 88 minutes. 
 
Heerenveen’s Iranian international striker Alireza Jahanbakhsh played 89 minutes in their 3-1 defeat of Willem II. 
 
Nac Breeda’s Australian international Max Balard played a full match in their 3-1 loss to Ajax.

France: Japan’s stars make presence felt
Japan international Takumi Minamino played 46 minutes for AS Monaco in their 2-1 defeat to Brest, the first loss in four Ligue 1 matches for his second-placed club.
 
His compatriots Keito Nakamura, Junya Ito and Hiroki Sekine started for Reims in their 1-0 loss to Strasbourg. 
AJ Auxerre’s Japanese import Ado Onaiwu played 72 minutes in their 1-0 win over Rennes, who sent in Jordan international Mousa Al Tamari in the 80th minute.
 
Socceroo Mathew Ryan kept a clean sheet for Lens in their 1-0 win over St Etienne.

Italy: Shomurodov on target 
AS Roma’s Eldor Shomurodov came on in the 46th minute and scored three minutes later to give his side a 1-1 draw with Juventus. It was the Uzbekistan national team captain’s third Serie A goal of the season.  
Parma custodian Zion Suzuki kept a clean sheet in their goalless draw with Hellas Verona but the Japanese international let in two in their 2-2 stalemate with Inter Milan later in the week. 
 
Jay Idzes, Indonesia’s national team captain who also leads Venezia, played a full match in his club’s 1-1 draw with Lecce. 

Spain: Asano, Kubo in La Liga action
Mallorca’s Japanese international Takuma Asano was on the pitch for 59 minutes in their 2-1 loss to Celta Vigo. 
His fellow international Takefusa Kubo, who plays for Real Sociedad, came on in the 63rd minute in their 3-1 win over Las Palmas.

Belgium: Al Ghamdi’s Beerschot lose again
Beerschot’s Saudi Arabia internationals Faisal Al Ghamdi and Marwan Al Sahafi played a full match in their 2-1 defeat to Cercle Brugge in their Belgian Pro League Relegation Round. 
Japan’s Isa Sakamoto played 60 minutes for Westerlo in their 2-0 win over OH Leuven in their First Division A - Conference League Play-off Group match. 
 
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