Jonathan Gomez took his first step onto the field in Europe for Real Sociedad B in a heartbreaking loss to Ponferradina, while Matthew Hoppe was not called into action in Mallorca’s late victory.
Sergiño Dest filled in for Barcelona legend Dani Alvez for the final minutes of their huge win while Yunus Musah earned the start for Valencia in their tough home draw against Real Sociedad
Matthew Hoppe couldn’t help Mallorca avoid crashing out of the Copa del Ray, while Valencia was eventually able to prevail, albeit uncomfortably, to set up a semifinal berth for Yunus Musah when he returns from USMNT duty.
Yunus Musah grabbed his first La Liga goal of the season to give Valencia momentary hope against Atletico, while Sergiño Dest and Barcelona kept Alaves at bay long enough for the team to score a desperate winner.
The pairings for the final eight of Spain’s Copa del Rey were set on Friday afternoon, with Yunus Musah and Valencia once again lucking out, and Matthew Hoppe and Mallorca drawing a fellow just-promoted opponent.
Yunus Musah went the distance for Valencia in their unnecessarily narrow win over third-tier opposition while Matthew Hoppe saw late action for Mallorca in their impressive victory against Espanyol.
Before a full weekend of action, Yanks Abroad takes a look at what are some of the burning questions and interesting stories that we’ll be following in our weekend watching.
Yunus Musah’s start against giants Real Madrid was a rough one, while Matthew Hoppe made his long-awaited return from injury for Mallorca, in a rough weekend for Americans in Spain that saw none on the winning side of things.
The pairings for the final 16 of Spain’s Copa del Rey have been set, with Yunus Musah and Valencia drawing the easiest possible opponent to set a clear path to the quarterfinals.
Yunus Musah was the only American to see action in the third round of Spain’s midweek Copa del Rey matches, once again earning the start but taking a knock in their a win over their lower-division foes.
