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Real stunned by Valencia • Reuters, Madrid LA LIGA Valencia 2-1 Real Madrid Zaza 4, Orellana 9 Ronaldo 44 Real Madrid suffered a 2-1 defeat at Valencia as they missed the opportunity to extend their lead at the top of La Liga after losing for only the second time this season. Simone Zaza gave Valencia the lead in the fifth minute and Fabian Orellana added the second in the ninth. Cristiano Ronaldo headed Real back into contention just before halftime. Real are top on 52 points, one ahead of Barcelona and three clear of Sevilla in third, and still have one game in hand on both of their title rivals. Real's match at Valencia was rearranged after the original fixture was postponed in December due to the Fifa Club World Cup. Valencia have endured a nightmare season filled with dismal results and upheaval off the pitch, but they got off to a flying start when a long pass from goalkeeper Diego Alves found its way to Zaza, who swivelled and fired the ball into the far top corner. Zaza scored his first goal for his club in Sunday's 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao. He was a thorn in Real's side, linking up with Nani, Orellana and Munir El Haddadi. Real responded with a shot from Toni Kroos but left themselves exposed on the break and were another goal down as Orellana knocked the ball through Keylor Navas's legs. • Juventus close in on quarters, Sevilla edge Leicester • Reuters, Lisbon Juventus edged closer to the Champions League quarter-finals after second-half goals from substitutes Marko Pjaca and Dani Alves earned them a 2-0 away win at 10-man Porto in a one-sided last 16 first-leg tie on Wednesday. Porto's downfall was partly self-inflicted after left back Alex Telles received a red card in the 27th minute following two senseless bookings in the space of 90 seconds, leaving the home side to play over an hour against the Serie A leaders with 10 men. Despite holding Juventus at bay for 72 minutes, Porto's resolve was Sports Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring against Sevilla during the Champions League Round of 16 first leg at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium on Wednesday REUTERS broken when Miguel Layun deflected Paulo Dybala's pass into the path of Pjaca who slammed a firsttime effort past Iker Casillas. Dani Alves made sure of victory two minutes later when he controlled Alex Sandro's cross with his RESULTS FC Porto 0-2 Juventus Pjaca 72, Alves 74 Sevilla 2-1 Leicester City Sarabia 25, Correa 62 Vardy 73 chest before finishing calmly as Juventus, who are still in the Italian Cup, boosted their hopes of a maiden treble ahead of the second leg in Turin on March 14. Juventus were expected to face a stern test in Portugal, but while they imposed themselves from the early stages and controlled the first half, Porto were content to remain deep and absorb pressure. Telles's minute and a half of madness quashed any lingering Porto ambition and prompted coach Nuno Espirito Santo to withdraw striker Andre Silva in response. Meanwhile, Jamie Vardy scored his first goal in the Champions League to give Leicester City some hope of staying in Europe's elite competition despite a 2-1 loss to Sevilla in Wednesday's last-16 first leg. • 21 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY <strong>24</strong>, <strong>2017</strong> Mkhitaryan secures United progress • AFP, Saint-Étienne EUROPA LEAGUE <strong>DT</strong> Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored but was then forced off with a hamstring injury as Manchester United cruised into the Europa League last 16 with a 1-0 win at St Etienne on Wednesday. That completed a 4-0 aggregate victory in the last 32 tie, although United finished the match with 10 men after Eric Bailly was dismissed for two yellow cards. Despite leading 3-0 from the first leg at Old Trafford last week, Mourinho showed how highly he values success in this competition by picking a strong starting line-up. Former Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba were restored to the starting line-up after making a decisive contribution off the bench against Blackburn in the FA Cup. There was none of the early match defensive jitters from United that had brought a rebuke from Mourinho following the first leg in which he accused his players of not having been focussed enough. • Saint-Etienne 0-1 Man United Mkhitaryan 16 (United won 4-0 on aggregate) Schalke 1-1 PAOK Schopf 23 Nastasic 25-og Schalke won 4-1 on aggregate Fenerbahce 1-1 Krasnodar Souza 41 Smolov 7 (Krasnodar won 2-1 on aggregate)
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