Many of our Men’s, Women’s and Academy players have been sent out on loan this season to gain experience and further action.
Jakub Kiwior and Porto kept yet another clean sheet with another victory on Wednesday night, this time against bitter rivals Benfica as a 1-0 success took them through to the semi-finals of the Taca de Portugal. Jakub played the whole quarter-final tie at the Estadio do Dragao, before looking to continue their incredible league run away at Vitoria de Guimaraes on Sunday evening.
Hamburg were in Bundesliga action on home soil against Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday, with Fabio Vieira playing the full 90 minutes of a 0-0 stalemate. The hosts created 25 shots across the afternoon, but were held to a goalless draw by Gladbach.
Reiss Nelson was an unused substitute for Brentford in a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea in the Premier League, despite a spirited performance and chances missed by the Bees, and Oleksandr Zinchenko was ineligible to face the Gunners as a loanee to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Another Bundesliga clash witnessed a 3-3 thriller between Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt, with Karl Hein on the Bremen bench.
Elsewhere in England, Shrewsbury Town finally returned to winning ways with a crucial League Two triumph over Harrogate Town. Ismeal Kabia played the full 90 minutes of the 1-0 win in Shropshire, which takes the Salop up to 20th. Also battling to retain their EFL status are Crawley Town, who earlier this month borrowed Louie Copley on loan from N5. Louie played the full match at home to Notts County on Saturday afternoon, but it was the visitors who grabbed a 2-1 win. Braintree Town were beaten by Boreham Wood on Saturday in the National League, a contest in which Harrison Dudziak did not feature.
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Moving across to our Women’s loanees, Rosa Kafaji played 72 minutes of Brighton & Hove Albion’s 2-0 win at home to Nottingham Forest in the fourth round of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup, with Vivienne Lia coming on in the 78th minute for the away side.
Elsewhere in the FA Cup, Madison Earl did not feature in Ipswich Town’s 2-1 defeat at home to Sheffield United.
Jenna Nighswonger wasn’t eligible to play against us in Aston Villa’s 2-0 defeat on Sunday.
Jessie Gale’s Portsmouth didn’t have a game last week.
Michelle Agyemang has now returned to Arsenal from Brighton & Hove Albion to continue her rehabilitation from a long-term ligament injury.
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