LONDON: Chelsea secured a comfortable 2-0 victory at FC Copenhagen and Real Madrid failed to end its jinx against Olympique Lyon where it drew 1-1 in their first leg of their Champions League last 16 ties Tuesday. All four goals on the third of four first-leg nights were scored by Frenchmen with Nicolas Anelka grabbing two for Chelsea goals in Denmark. Karim Benzema and Bafetimbi Gomis were on target as Lyon and Real drew at the Stade Gerland. Chelsea was good value for its win at the Parken Stadium with Anelka scoring the first after 17 minutes and the second after $80.95 million signing Fernando Torres failed to find the net in his third appearance for his new team. The victory eased the pressure on manager Carlo Ancelotti after a poor run for the English champion which has slipped to fifth in the Premier League and was knocked out of the FA Cup after a penalty shootout by Everton Saturday. Real, who had failed to beat Lyon in its previous six Champions League meetings over the last five years, appeared to be on its way to ending that run at the Stade Gerland. Benzema scored against his former club in the 65th minute soon after coming on as a substitute for the ineffective Emmanuel Adebayor to give the nine-time European champions a deserved lead. But although Real dominated the match it allowed Lyon to equalize seven minutes from time when Gomis volleyed past Iker Casillas from close range after Real failed to clear a free kick. Spurs slump to 3-1 defeat Tottenham Hotspur missed the chance to climb to third place in the Premier League when it suffered a 3-1 defeat at lowly Blackpool despite dominating the game for long periods at Bloomfield Road Tuesday. Fourth-placed Tottenham stays on 47 points from 27 games and remains two behind Manchester City and two ahead of Chelsea but has now played a game more than the west London side in the race for a top-four finish and Champions League qualifying spot. Jordaan out Danny Jordaan, the man responsible for organizing a successful World Cup in South Africa, was handed a humbling defeat in his bid for a place on FIFA's executive committee Wednesday. Sevilla wins but Porto advances Substitute Luis Fabiano's 71st-minute goal gave Sevilla a 1-0 win at Porto Wednesday but the Portuguese club advanced to the last 16 of the Europa League on the away goal rule. Porto won 2-1 in Spain last week. Roma beats Bologna Roma beat Bologna 1-0 Wednesday to give Vincenzo Montella a winning start to his tenure as coach. The former Roma and Italy striker took over from Claudio Ranieri Monday. Daniele De Rossi scored the only goal of the game just before halftime.
