FC St. Pauli

FC St. Pauli secured a convincing 6-1 victory over second-division Karlsruher SC in the opening warm-up game of their Austrian training camp on Sunday. Adam Dźwigała, Connor Metcalfe, Oladapo Afolayan, Danel Sinani, Arkadiusz Pyrka and Abdoulie Ceesay got the goals for the Boys in Brown in the 120-minute outing, with Louie Ben Farhat replying for KSC.

Last season Mathias Pereira Lage, 28, played against star players such as Kylian Mbappé and Robert Lewandowski in the Champions League. At FC St. Pauli, his job will be to wreak havoc in opposition defences. After training on Wednesday, the new signing took time out to speak to the media.

FC St. Pauli secured a deserved 4-1 victory over Danish top-division club Silkeborg IF in a high-intensity warm-up game on Tuesday afternoon. Abdoulie Ceesay, Oladapo Afolayan, Mathias Pereira Lage and Andréas Hountondji got the goals for the Boys in Brown.