Juve overcome Real Madrid in Turin
It was a famous victory for Ranieri's men
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Tuesday, 21, Oct 2008 10:13
Juventus produced an outstanding performance to defeat Real Madrid 2-1 in Turin.
In from of just 25,813 supporters the home side took the lead after just five minutes through Alessandro Del Piero.
Amauri made it two shortly after the interval, before Ruud van Nistelrooy pulled one back for Real, but Claudio Ranieri's men held on for a famous victory.
Lyon came up with a stunning comeback to beat Steaua Bucharest 5-3 in Romania.
The French side were 2-0 down inside 11 minutes but pulled it back to 2-2, before the Romanians took a 3-2 lead on the stroke of half-time.
However two second-half goals from Brazilian Fred and one from Karim Benzema – with his second of the night – ensured that Lyon pulled off an unlikely victory.
In Manchester United's group Villarreal beat Aalborg 6-3 and are now tied with United on seven points from three games, six clear of third-place Celtic.
Dynamo Kyiv won 1-0 away to Porto to leave them level with Arsenal at the top of Group G.
Bayern Munich beat Fiorentina 3-0, while Zenit St Petersburg and Bate Borisov played out a 1-1 draw in Russia.