Conor Casey and Tony Sanneh scored for their respective German clubs and Greg Vanney assisted on an early strike for Bastia in France. Brad Friedel’s Blackburn Rovers were eliminated from the English FA Cup, while Joe-Max Moore helped Everton stay alive — at least for now — in a scoreless draw with Crewe. Tottenham and Fulham advanced to the quarterfinals, but Kasey Keller and Eddie Lewis did not see action for their employers.
Casey’s goal helped Hannover rally to a 2-1 win against Karlsruhe while Sanneh’s goal was a 90th-minute consolation prize for Nuremberg in a 2-1 loss to Kaiserslautern.

Germany

= Conor Casey (Hannover 96, D2) vs. Karlsruhe, 2-1. Entered as as substitute: 62nd minute. An early goal by Karlsruhe meant Hannover trailed for 66 minutes before Casey’s scored the equalizer. The win opened up a seven-point gap for first-place Hannover over FSV Mainz, which managed only a tie with lowly Oberhausen. Hannover is 15-1-7 in Germany’s second division. = Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D2) vs. Karlsruhe, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. = Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) vs. Kaiserslautern, 1-2. Started: 90 minutes. Sanneh scored in the 90th minute off a Carlos Junior corner kick to make things interesting, but the host team prevailed. = Cory Gibbs (St. Pauli, D1) vs. Bayer Leverkusen, 2-2. Started: 90 minutes. The draw was an important result for St. Pauli, which is fighting against relegation, and it came in dramatic fashion on a 90th minute penalty kick by Thomas Meggle. The loss left Leverkusen two points off the Bundesliga lead. = Dema Kovalenko (St. Pauli, D1) vs. Bayer Leverkusen, 2-2. Started: 90 minutes. = Frank Hejduk (Bayer Leverkusen, D1) vs. St. Pauli, 2-2. DNP – Hejduk was among the seven substitutes listed for Leverkusen.

France

= Greg Vanney (Bastia, D1) vs. Sochaux, 3-0. Started: 90 minutes. Vanney assisted on Lilian Nalis’s 14th minute goal and Tony Vairelles added two second-half strikes for the home team. = David Regis (Metz, D1) vs. Marseille, Postponed.

England

FA Cup – Fifth Round

= Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Middlesbrough, 0-1. Started: 90 minutes. Host Middlesbrough ended a dour affair in its favor on an 87th minute header by defender Ugo Ehiogu. The play was set up by a handball call against Matt Jansen, whose protest caused the referee to advance the spot of the kick 10 yards, under new dissent rules. Gareth Southgate served the ball into the box and Ehiogu powered it down across the line. Though eliminated, Blackburn still has this weekend’s Worthington Cup final to anticipate. = Joe-Max Moore (Everton, PL) vs. Crewe, 0-0. Entered as a substitute (71st minute). Everton was unable to assert its Premier League status upon Crewe, which sits in the First Division’s relegation zone. Moore had a 25-yard shot denied late; one of the few threats Everton made in the game. Everton must now travel for Tuesday’s rematch to determine who advances to the quarterfinals. = Eddie Lewis (Fulham, PL) vs. Walsall, 2-1. DNP – Did not make the substitutes list. = Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Tranmere, 4-0. DNP.

Netherlands

= John O’Brien (Ajax, D1) vs. AZ Alkmaar, 0-0 Started: 78 minutes. Young Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaced O’Brien as Ajax tried in vain to knock off 14th-place AZ Alkmaar. The tie was enough, however, to propel the Amsterdam club back into first place in the Dutch first divison. = Earnie Stewart (NAC Breda, D1) vs. Twente Enschede, 2-1. Started: 80 minutes. Stewart was replaced by Glen Salmon, whose 84th minute goal earned a crucial victory for NAC Breda, which moved within four points of Heerenveen and a Champions League berth.