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Full Time Summary Matchday 6 - Wednesday 7 December 2016 Full Time Summary Matchday 6 - Wednesday 7 December 2016 Group E Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 - 0 AS Monaco FC (1) Half-time (0) Attendance: 21,928 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU) Assistant referees: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU) Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU) Additional assistant Sergejus Slyva (LTU) referees: Donatas Rumšas (LTU) Fourth official: Dovydas Sužiedėlis (LTU) UEFA delegate: Luis Cuervas Del Real (ESP) Tottenham Hotspur FC 3 - 1 PFC CSKA Moskva (2) Half-time (1) Attendance: 62,034 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) Assistant referees: Elenito Di Liberatore (ITA) Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA) Additional assistant Luca Banti (ITA) referees: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA) Fourth official: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA) UEFA delegate: Jean-François Crucke (BEL) Group F Real Madrid CF 2 - 2 Borussia Dortmund (1) Half-time (0) Attendance: 76,894 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL) Assistant referees: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL) Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL) Additional assistant Paweł Raczkowski (POL) referees: Tomasz Musiał (POL) Fourth official: Radosław Siejka (POL) UEFA delegate: Patrick Wattebled (FRA) 1 3 22:42:10CET Goal Y Booked R Sent off Substitution P Penalty O Own goal 07 Dec 2016 UEFA Media Information Full Time Summary Matchday 6 - Wednesday 7 December 2016 Legia Warszawa 1 - 0 Sporting Clube de Portugal (1) Half-time (0) Attendance: 28,232 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (ITA) Assistant referees: Gianluca Cariolato (ITA) Filippo Meli (ITA) Additional assistant Paolo Valeri (ITA) referees: Daniele Doveri (ITA) Fourth official: Lorenzo Manganelli (ITA) UEFA delegate: Jozef Kliment (SVK) Group G Club Brugge KV 0 - 2 FC København (0) Half-time (2) Attendance: 18,981 Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG) Assistant referees: Gary Beswick (ENG) Simon Bennett (ENG) Additional assistant Craig Pawson (ENG) referees: Jonathan Moss (ENG) Fourth official: Ian Hussin (ENG) UEFA delegate: Thomas Weyhing (GER) FC Porto 5 - 0 Leicester City FC (3) Half-time (0) Attendance: 39,310 Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER) Assistant referees: Thorsten Schiffner (GER) Marco Achmüller (GER) Additional assistant Tobias Stieler (GER) referees: Sascha Stegemann (GER) Fourth official: Stefan Lupp (GER) UEFA delegate: Nodar Akhalkatsi (GEO) 2 3 22:42:10CET Goal Y Booked R Sent off Substitution P Penalty O Own goal 07 Dec 2016 UEFA Media Information Full Time Summary Matchday 6 - Wednesday 7 December 2016 Group H Olympique Lyonnais 0 - 0 Sevilla FC (0) Half-time (0) Attendance: 52,423 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE) Assistant referees: Mathias Klasenius (SWE) Daniel Wärnmark (SWE) Additional assistant Stefan Johannesson (SWE) referees: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE) Fourth official: Mehmet Culum (SWE) UEFA delegate: Nebojša Ivković (SRB) Juventus Football Club 2 - 0 GNK Dinamo Zagreb (0) Half-time (0) Attendance: 39,380 Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG) Assistant referees: Jake Collin (ENG) Stuart Burt (ENG) Additional assistant Martin Atkinson (ENG) referees: Lee Mason (ENG) Fourth official: Constantine Hatzidakis (ENG) UEFA delegate: Styrbjörn Oskarsson (FIN) 3 3 22:42:10CET Goal Y Booked R Sent off Substitution P Penalty O Own goal 07 Dec 2016 UEFA Media Information.
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