Americans Abroad Midweek Rewind: Musah, Aaronson, and more

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AC Milan’s Serie A form has been up and down in the new year, but the Rossoneri are well on their way to the UEFA Champions League knockout round.

Wednesday’s 1-0 home win over Girona moved AC Milan into sixth place in the league phase standings. U.S. men’s national team midfielder Yunus Musah started and played 90 minutes in the result, striking the crossbar once and delivering a strong shift in midfield.

Musah won four duels, drew one foul, made two tackles, and two defensive recoveries. The 22-year-old earned a rare start in the competition, filling in for the injured Christian Pulisic.

Rafael Leao’s first half goal was all Sergio Conceicao’s squad needed to move to 5-2-0 in this season’s competition.

Musah and his Rossoneri teammates will next face Parma in Serie A play on Sunday before closing UCL group stage play on Jan. 29 at Dinamo Zagreb.

Elsewhere in Europe, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Auston Trusty helped Celtic to three points at home. RichieLedezma and PSV claimed an important road win in Serbia.

In England, Brenden Aaronson and Aidan Morris picked up EFL Championship wins with their respective clubs.

Here is a closer look at this week’s Americans Abroad


Europe


UEFA Champions League

Cameron Carter-Vickers, AustonTrusty started and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 1-0 win over Young Boys on Wednesday.

YunusMusah started and played 90 minutes in AC Milan’s 1-0 win over Girona on Wednesday.

Tim Weah started and played 66 minutes in Juventus 0-0 draw with Club Brugge on Tuesday.

WestonMcKennie came off the bench and played 14 minutes for Juventus.

RichieLedezma started and played 78 minutes in PSV’s 3-2 win over Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday.

RicardoPepi came off the bench and played four minutes for PSV.

GioReyna started and plated 64 minutes in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-1 loss to Bologna on Tuesday.

Cole Campbell dressed but did not play for Borussia Dortmund.

ChristianPulisic is OUT (Injury) for AC Milan.

Folarin Balogun is OUT (Injury) for AS Monaco.

MalikTillman is OUT (Injury) for PSV.

UEFA Europa League

Tanner Tessmann dressed but did not play in Lyon’s 0-0 draw with Fenerbahce on Thursday.

Timmy Chandler dressed but did not play in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2-0 win over Ferencvaros on Thursday.

Jonathan Gomez did not dress in PAOK Salonika’s 2-0 win over Slavia Prague on Thursday.


England


Championship

Aidan Morris started and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday.

Brenden Aaronson started and played 90 minutes in Leeds United’s 2-0 win over Norwich City on Wednesday.

Josh Sargent came off the bench and played 31 minutes for Norwich City.

Duane Holmes came off the bench and played 24 minutes in Preston North End’s 2-1 win over Watford on Tuesday.

Luca Koleosho came off the bench and played 22 minutes in Burnley’s 5-0 win over Plymouth Argyle on Wednesday.

Ethan Horvath dressed but did not play in Cardiff City’s 2-2 draw with Millwall on Tuesday.

Lynden Gooch is OUT (Leg Injury) in Stoke City’s 3-1 loss to Portsmouth on Wednesday.

Haji Wright is OUT (Ankle Injury) for Coventry City.

Daryl Dike is OUT (Injury) for West Bromwich Albion.

Women’s League Cup

Phallon Tullis-Joyce started, made TWOSAVES, and played 90 minutes in Manchester United’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City on Wednesday.

Emily Fox came off the bench and played 33 minutes in Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday.

Catarina Macario came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Chelsea’s 5-0 win over Durham Women FC on Wednesday.

Mia Fishel is OUT (Injury) for Chelsea.

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