The English Premier League made way last week for the FA Cup quarter-finals. In the first tie, Crystal Palace stunned Fulham 3-0, with the former’s Japan international midfielder Daichi Kamada assisting the third goal in the 75th minute.

Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma played for 72 minutes for Brighton as they drew 0-0 with Nottingham Forest before going out 4-3 on penalties.

 

Uzbekistan international Abdukodir Khusanov played the first half in Manchester City’s 2-1 last eight win over AFC Bournemouth, a result which sets up a semi-final meeting with Forest.

Celtic’s on-fire striker Daizen Maeda grabbed a brace in their 3-0 Premiership win over Hearts. The Japanese international, who featured in his eighth straight top-flight match, struck in the 17th minute and added to his tally in the 41st to take the table-toppers 13 points clear of second-placed Rangers.

His teammate and compatriot Reo Hatate was on for 81 minutes while Korea Republic’s Yang Hyun-jun came on in the 72nd minute. Hearts’ Australian internationals Cameron Devlin started the match while Calem Nieuwenhof was on after the break. 

 

Palestine forward Oday Dabbagh made a late appearance for Aberdeen in the 91st minute, but assisted their last goal a minute later in his side’s 4-0 romp over Motherwell.

Australian international Martin Boyle scored in the 29th minute in Hibernian’s 3-0 win over St. Johnstone before coming off in the 74th minute. His fellow internationals Nectarios Triantis, Jack Iredale and Lewis Miller played the full match.

 

Socceroo Ryan Strain assisted Dundee United’s only goal in the 74th minute in their win over Ross County, who fielded his international teammate Josh Nisbet for 82 minutes.

Bayern Munich went six points clear at the top of the Bundesliga after defeating St. Pauli 3-2, with the former’s Korea Republic defender Kim Min-jae playing the full 90 minutes and Japan’s Hiroki Ito coming on in the 58th. St Pauli captain Jackson Irvine played the full match while his fellow Australian Connor Metcalfe came on after the break.

Japan international Ko Itakura played 90 minutes in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 1-0 win over RB Leipzig while compatriot Shuto Machino of Holstein Kiel came on in the 36th minute in their 3-0 loss to Werder Bremen.

 

SC Freiburg’s Japan international Ritsu Doan, meanwhile, started in their 2-1 loss to FC Union Berlin, who fielded Korea Republic midfielder Jeong Woo-yeong for eight minutes.

 

Mainz played their own Japanese international Kaishu Sano in their 3-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund. Korea Republic’s Lee Jae-sung played 66 minutes for Mainz before being replaced by fellow international Hong Hyeon-seok.

Shunsuke Mito scored twice in Sparta Rotterdam’s 3-0 win over Fortuna Sittard, with the Japan U-23 international finding the back of the net in the fourth and 64rd minutes to chalk up five Eredivisie goals this season.   

His compatriot Kento Shiogai made an appearance in the 53rd minute for NEC Nijmegen and scored 10 minutes later in their 3-3 draw with AZ Alkmaar. His teammate Kodai Sano came on in the 58th minute while Indonesian international Calvin Verdonk played 90 minutes.

 

Three other Indonesian internationals were also involved in league action. Thom Haye assisted Almere City’s second goal in their 2-0 win over Willem II; Eliano Reijnders played from the 84th minute in PEC Zwolle’s 2-0 win over RKC Waalwijk; and Mees Hilgers played a full match in FC Twente’s 2-1 loss to Heracles.

Utrecht’s Iraqi international Zidane Iqbal played a full match in a 2-0 win over Heerenveen, who fielded Islamic Republic of Iran international Alireza Jahanbakhsh for 76 minutes.

 

Australian international midfielder Max Balard played 84 minutes in Nac Breda’s 1-1 stalemate with Groningen.

 

Feyenoord’s Korea Republic international Hwang In-beom KR was on the field for 70 minutes in their 3-2 win over Go Ahead Eagles.

Keito Nakamura scored Riems’ first goal and assisted the second as his side defeated third-placed Marseille 3-1. The 24-year-old, with nine Ligue 1 goals this season, played the full match as did his fellow Japan international Junya Ito. Compatriot Hiroki Sekine came on in the 73rd minute.

Rennes brought in Kyogo Furuhashi one minute into stoppage time in their 3-0 win over Angers. The Japan forward, who moved from Celtic in January, has yet to find his first goal in French football despite scoring 85 goals during his three and a half years at his former club.

 

His international teammate Takumi Minamino played 84 minutes for AS Monaco in their 2-1 defeat of Nice.

 

Australia’s international captain and Lens custodian Mathew Ryan let in a solitary goal in the 19th minute in his side’s loss to Lille. 

Indonesia’s national captain Jay Idzes, who led his team to a 1-0 win over Bahrain in the AFC Asian Qualifiers last week, found himself on the losing end as his club Venezia went down 1-0 to Bologna. Idzes played a full match and was yellow-carded two minutes into time added on.

Eldor Shomurodov, Uzbekistan’s national skipper who was also in action at the AFC Asian Qualifiers, came on in the 72nd minute in AS Roma’s 1-0 win over Lecce.

Japanese international forward Takuma Asano was on the pitch for 73 minutes in Mallorca’s 1-0 loss to Valencia, a result which ended their run of six unbeaten matches in the La Liga.

Fellow international striker Takefusa Kubo, meanwhile, played 81 minutes in Real Sociedad’s 2-1 win over bottom club Real Valladolid.

Saudi Arabia international Marwan Al Sahafi played 56 minutes in Beerschot’s 1-0 defeat to Sint-Truiden in the Belgian Pro League’s relegation round.

His team, who sit at the bottom with only 18 points from 31 games, look headed towards the second-tier Challenger Pro League with only four relegation round matches left to play.