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Europe Wrap: Asian stars on a goal rush
Kuala Lumpur: Marwan Al Sahafi of Saudi Arabia, Kodai Sano, Tsuyoshi Watanabe and Yuito Suzuki of Japan and Indonesia duo Dean James and Kevin Diks all netted their first goals of the season in key European leagues.   
Japan stars Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda, Ritsu Doan, Kento Shiogai, Keisuke Goto and Korea Republic’s Oh Hyeon-gyu added to their seasonal tally, so follow the-AFC.com as we look at what Asia’s finest have been up to in Europe.

England: Hwang’s Wolves stay bottom
Korea Republic international Hwang Hee-chan was in action for 70 minutes in Wolves’ 3-0 loss to Chelsea, with the result keeping his side at the bottom of the English Premier League with only two points from 11 games.

Crystal Palace started Japan international Daichi Kamada in their goalless draw with Brighton.

Scotland: Hatate scores, assists across competitions
Japan international Reo Hatate, who converted a penalty for Celtic in their UEFA Europa League 3-1 loss to Midtjylland, assisted a goal in their 4-0 Premiership win over Kilmarnock. His fellow international Daizen Maeda scored in the 85th minute while Korea Republic international Yang Hyun-jun stepped on in the 78th minute. 
Australia’s Tete Yengi played a full match for Livingstone as they found the back of the net in the 89th minute to force a 1-1 draw with Falkirk.

Australian internationals Martin Boyle and Jack Iredale both started in Hibernian’s 3-0 win over St Mirren, who used their fellow international Keanu Baccus for the full match.
Motherwell’s Australian international Apostolos Stamatelopoulos and his countryman John Koutroumbis featured in their 1-1 draw with Aberdeen.

Another Australian international, Cameron Devlin, played a full match in league leaders Hearts’ 1-1 tie with Dundee United, who started his compatriot Zachary Sapsford. 

Germany: Suzuki, Diks, Doan share spotlight
Freiburg’s Japan international Yuito Suzuki, who assisted one goal in their UEFA Europa League 3-1 win over Nice, scored the opening goal in their 2-1 Bundesliga victory over St Pauli, whose Australian international Connor Metcalfe assisted their only goal. Japan international Joel Fujita started for St Pauli while Australia international Jackson Irvine was on after the break. 
Indonesia international Kevin Diks converted a 61st-minute penalty, his first goal of the season, in Borussia M’gladbach’s 3-1 win over Koln. His teammate and Japan international Shuto Machino came on in the 76th minute.

Japan international Ritsu Doan scored an 80th-minute match winner against Mainz 05 for Eintracht Frankfurt, who also started Syria international Mahmoud Dahoud. Mainz played internationals Kaishu Sano from Japan and Korea Republic’s Lee Jae-sung for the full match.
Werder Bremen’s Japan international Yukinari Sugawara played a full match in their 2-1 win over Wolfsburg.

Union Berlin’s Korea Republic international Jeong Woo-yeong came on in the 78th minute in the 2-2 draw with Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich, who scored their second equaliser three minutes into injury time. 

Netherlands: Three goals for Japan, one for Indonesia 
Japan internationals Kodai Sano and Kento Shiogai scored in a 10-minute span in NEC Nijmegen’s 2-1 win over Groningen. Shiogai came on after the break in place of fellow international Koki Ogawa.

Fellow international Tsuyoshi Watanabe scored for Feyenoord while Indonesia international Dean James struck for Go Ahead Eagles in the latter’s 2-1 win. Feyenoord also featured Watanabe’s international teammate Ayase Ueda from the start. 
Australian international Ajdin Hrustic assisted Heracles’ second goal as they came from behind to inflict a 2-1 defeat on Excelsior, who sent in Korea Republic U20 international Yoon Do-young six minutes before regulation.

NAC Breda’s Australian international midfielder Max Balard featured in full as his side lost 2-1 to Volendam after being reduced to nine men towards the end.
Indonesia international Justin Hubner made a 76th minute appearance for Fortuna Sittard in their 2-0 win over Herenveen.

Sparta Rotterdam’s Japan international Shunsuke Mito came on in the 59th minute as they lost by a solitary goal to PEC Zwolle.

France: Lee helps PSG win 
Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain’s Korea Republic international midfielder Lee Kang-in’s corner assisted their winning goal five minutes into time added on in their 3-2 win over Lyon.
Jordan international Mousa Al Tamari played a full 90 minutes as Rennes’ eked out a 1-0 win over Paris FC.

Nantes’s Korea Republic international Kwon Hyeok-kyu made a full appearance in their 1-1 stalemate with Le Havre, who started Japan international Ayumu Seko. 

Italy: Up and down week for Idzes’ Sassuolo 
Sassuolo’s Indonesia international Jay Idzes featured in full in their 2-1 Serie A loss to Genoa and their subsequent 3-0 win over Atalanta.
Idzes’ fellow international and Cremonese custodian Emil Audero kept a clean sheet in their 1-0 win over Pisa while Parma’s Japanese international Zion Suzuki was between the posts in their 2-2 draw with AC Milan.

Spain: Ryan’s Levante go down 
Levante’s Australian international custodian Mathew Ryan conceded three times in their 3-1 loss to Atletico Madrid, extending his side’s winless La Liga run to four matches.
Japan international forward Takuma Asano came on in the 81st minute in Mallorca’s 1-0 win over Getafe.

Belgium: Al Sahafi, Goto and Oh make the scoresheet 
Saudi Arabia international Marwan Al Sahafi scored his first Belgian Pro League goal of the season, and Antwerp’s second, in their 3-1 win over RAAL La Louvière. Japan’s Taishi Nozawa started in goal for Antwerp while international Yuto Tsunashima played the full match. 
Sint-Truiden’s Japan U20 international striker Keisuke Goto hit the winner in the 57th minute in their win over Standard Liège. His countrymen and teammates Leo Kokubo, Taiga Hata, Rihito Yamamoto and Kaito Matsuzawa as well as internationals Ryotaro Ito and Shogo Taniguchi all featured in the match. 
 
Korea Republic international Oh Hyeon-gyu nabbed his fifth goal of the season for Genk in their 1-1 draw with Gent, who started Japan international Atsuki Ito.  
Sporting Charleroi’s captain and Syria international Aiham Ousou was in action for 90 minutes in their 2-0 win over Westerlo, who started Islamic Republic of Iran international Allahyar Sayyad and Japan’s Isa Sakamoto.
 
Japan’s Takahiro Akimoto played a full match in OH Leuven’s 2-1 win over second-from-the-bottom Cercle Brugge.

 

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