Marco Asensio's Late Winner Lifts Real in Copa First Leg at Leganes

22 Saturday, January 20, 2018 SPORTS Pele suffering Marco exhaustion Asensio’s late winner lifts Real Pele London ele is in hospital after collapsing due to Pexhaustion, preventing him from travelling to London for in Copa an engagement this weekend, the English Football Writers Association (FWA) revealed on Friday. The 77-year-old, a three- time World Cup winner, first leg at collapsed on Thursday according to the FWA and is being monitored in hospital in Brazil. The FWA were due to host a dinner in his honour. Leganes Pele “has undergone a series Real Madrid’s Marco Asensio in action of tests which appear to point to severe exhaustion”, said the Madrid 75 minutes. second leg at the Bernabeu and LaLiga, where they sit an unfamiliar FWA. arco Asensio’s late strike earned And Real took advantage after 89 will come as a relief after recent fourth, 19 points behind leaders “He is on fluids while Real Madrid a 1-0 first-leg lead minutes when Theo Hernandez’s results. Barcelona and 10 adrift of second- doctors monitor his recovery. inM their Copa del Rey quarterfinal cross was met by Asensio’s fine volley It was only Real’s second win placed Atletico. Thankfully there is no with Leganes. from six yards out. of 2018 and the first came in the Real head coach Zidane selected suggestion of anything more Mateo Kovavic spurned a The win at the Estadio Municipal same competition, a 3-0 victory at only Dani Carvajal and Raphael serious.” great opportunity for Real, whose de Butarque in the outskirts of Numancia on Jan. 4. Varane of his first-team regulars Pele helped inspire Brazil goalkeeper Kiko Casilla made a good Madrid gives Real an advantage Zinedine Zidane’s men next play to face their fellow La Liga outfit. to wins in the 1958, 1962 save to deny Claudio Beauvue after ahead of next Wednesday’s Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday in (espn) and 1970 World Cups. (AFP) Seventh seed Ostapenko Sainz takes another step sunk by Kontaveit Melbourne towards Dakar victory stonia’s Anett Kontaveit shrugged off a torrid second Madrid setE meltdown to knock seventh arlos Sainz moved a step closer to Carlos Sainz of Spain and co-pilot Lucas Cruz of seed Jelena Ostapenko out of the a second Dakar win on Thursday Spain drive their Peugeot. Australian Open on Friday. afterC finishing the 12th stage with a 44 The Estonian 32nd seed is into minute lead over Peugeot team mate the last 16 at Melbourne Park Stephane Peterhansel and two days for the first time after winning remaining. a rollercoaster match against the “We went pretty easy but towards French Open champion 6-3, 1-6, the end we had a puncture and some 6-3. gearbox problems, but everything is fine “It was tough. she played so Anett Kontaveit because we’ve finished the stage which aggressive,” said Kontaveit after Ostapenko saved two breaks is what matters,” declared the Spaniard. winning in an hour and 53 points in the next but when a Qatari driver Nasser al-Attiyah minutes. wayward forehand gave Kontaveit won the stage, a 375km timed special Kontaveit stormed through a third the number 32 seed took between Chilecito and San Juan in Saturday in Bolivia. grouped at Fiambala’s marathon the first set, setting the tone by the opportunity to break for a fifth Argentina, in his Toyota with Sainz ”We will try to secure second place, so bivouac, the race direction has taken the breaking Ostapenko in the very consecutive time and wrap up the taking it easy and finishing 18 minutes we controlled the gap with Nasser today. decision to cancel the 12th special stage first game and repeating the dose set 6-3 after 36 minutes. behind. “I’m crossing my fingers for me but for bikes and quads,” a statement said. three times to take a 5-2 lead. “I felt I started really well,” said Peterhansel, the defending champion also for Carlos – we never know what Austrian Matthias Walkner is leading It made the Latvian world Kontaveit, who will play Spain’s and 13 times winner, was second. can happen.” the motorcycle standings on a KTM, number seven momentarily wake Carla Suarez Navarro for a place “I think it’s finished now,” said the Organisers cancelled the timed stage 32 minutes clear of Argentina’s Honda up, returning with power and in the quarter-finals. “I felt I Frenchman, whose hopes suffered a for motorcycles and quadbikes for rider Kevin Benavides. precision to break back to love played great in the first and third severe blow earlier in the rally when weather-related safety reasons. The rally ends in Cordoba on for 5-3. sets.” (AFP) he lost an hour and 45 minutes last “Having consulted the competitors Saturday. (Reuters).

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