ENGLAND
* Claudio Reyna (Sunderland, PL) at Middlesbrough, 0-3.
Started: 90 minutes. Sunderland could not follow up its past two results (a win against Leeds and a tie against Manchester United) with another positive performance. Their rivals controlled the match as the Black Cats missed the injured Kevin Phillips. Slovakian Szilard Nemeth scored two goals, the first in the 16th minute, to lead the home team.
* Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1) vs. Cambridge United, 1-3.
Started: 90 minutes. In a Worthington Cup match, Hahnemann and his teammates were overrun by third division host Cambridge in their second match in four days. Matthew Upson's 89th-minute strike was merely a consolation prize for shocked Reading.
GERMANY
* Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) at Werder Bremen, 1-4.
Started: 90 minutes. Goncalves Ailton scored three goals, the first on a 30th-minute penalty kick, to lead Werder Bremen to an easy victory. Sanneh, playing in his usual central defense position, earned a caution in the match.