In other second-round games, Manchester United defeated visiting Lyon 1-0 on Cristiano Ronaldo’s 30th goal of the season to advance on 2-1 aggregate; Barcelona beat visiting Glasgow Celtic 1-0 to advance on 4-2 aggregate but lost Lionel Messi to a torn thigh muscle; and Turkey’s Fenerbahce won 3-2 on penalty kicks at Sevilla after the Spanish team won 3-2 to leave the aggregate score 5-5.
At Old Trafford, Ronaldo scored in the 41st minute and moved within two of Manchester United’s season record of 32 goals, set by George Best in 1967-68. “I feel very good and have scored a few important goals and I want to keeping going like that,” Ronaldo said. “The Champions League is the biggest competition. I think we have a good chance of winning it, but we need to clam down because there are other strong teams.”
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At Barcelona, Xavi Hernandez scored in the fourth minute. Messi, the competition’s leading scorer with six goals, pulled up as he made a run and left the field in tears in the 35th minute. The injury was similar to the one which sidelined Messi for six weeks in December and January, club officials said.
At Seville, Fenerbahce goalkeeper Volkan Demirel made two saves in the shootout, stopping shots from Enzo Maresca and Daniel Alves. Gokcek Vederson scored the decisive spot kick, sending his shot underneath the crossbar after Demirel dove correctly to deny substitute Maresca.
Sevilla built a 2-0 lead on goals by Alves in the fifth minute and Seydou Keita in the ninth. Deivid de Souza cut the lead in the 20th, but Frederic Kanoute made it 3-1 in the 41st. Deivid forced overtime by scoring in the 79th.
On Wednesday, Real Madrid tries to overturn a 2-1 deficit at home against AS Roma, Chelsea hosts Olympiakos after a 0-0 first leg. and Porto tries to rebound from a 1-0 deficit against visiting Schalke. In the final match, Liverpool goes to Internazionale of Milan on March 11 following a 2-0 win in the first leg.(Source:yahoo/ap)
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