Real Madrid Sevilla win in Champions League

 SMTV Desk 2016-10-19 02:23:11  league knockout seven years
Real Madrid Sevilla win in Champions League

Madrid Oct 19 : Real Madrid hammered Legia Warsaw 5-1 to move closer to clinching a spot in the Champions League knockout stage, while compatriots Sevilla beat Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in Croatia to post their first away win in seven years in Europe s elite competition.In other action on Tuesday, Leicester City topped visiting Copenhagen 1-0 to stay perfect on their return to European football after an absence of 16 years, reports Efe.Though Real Madrid led 2-0 after the first 20 minutes of the contest at the Santiago Bernabeu here, they allowed Legia a surprising number of chances and the visitors lone goal came on a penalty conversion by Radovic after Danilo brought down Kucharczyk in the area.Gareth Bale, Marcelo, Marco Asensio, Lucas Vazquez and Alvaro Morata scored for the Champions League title-holders, who have seven points from three matches, tied with Borussia Dortmund at the top of Group F, though the German club has the edge on goals. Dortmund won 2-1 away at Sporting Lisbon with first-half goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Julian Weigl.Sporting trails the co-leaders by four points and Legia seems well on the way to elimination after three losses. Dinamo Zagreb faces the same situation after the 1-0 home loss to Sevilla, who ended seven years of futility in away games in Europe thanks to a goal in the 37th minute by Samir Nasri.The victory gives the Spanish side seven points, enough to share the lead in Group H with Juventus, 1-0 winners over Olympique Lyon, who have three points.Juventus, who would have fallen behind in the first half but for goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon s great stop on a penalty by Alexandre Lacazette, had to play the final third of Tuesday s match with 10 men, prevailing on Juan Cuadrado s goal in the 76th minute.Riyad Mahrez s strike in the 40th minute was all Leicester City needed in a 1-0 triumph over visiting Copenhagen. The defending English Premier League champions sit atop Group G with nine points, five ahead of both Copenhagen and Porto, who defeated Club Brugge 2-1 courtesy of Andre Silva s successful penalty conversion in stoppage time.In Group E, the first three match-days have yet to produce a clear favorite, as the four teams are separated by only three points.AS Monaco lead with five points after securing a 1-1 away draw against CSKA Moscow, who remain winless. Tottenham Hotspur and Bayer Leverkusen drew 0-0 in the German city, leaving Spurs with four points and Bayer with three.