Soccer: Minamino's brace helps Salzburg advance in Austrian Cup

Japanese striker Takumi Minamino netted twice Wednesday as Salzburg booked a place in the Austrian Cup final with a 5-0 victory over Admira.At BSFZ Arena, the defending champions took the lead in the seventh minute with a right-footed effort from the 22-year-old Minamino, who stepped up and barely escaped an offside call.Sturmpartner Wanderson made it 2-0 in the 29th and Salzburg added two more goals after the break, before Minamino converted a pass from Hwang Hee Chan with a left-foot strike from the penalty box in the 87th minute to cap the convincing win.The final against Rapid Vienna wi…READ FULL ARTICLE