# Champions League: Silva sparks Real Madrid’s demolition of Leipzig as Lask stun Sporting

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/champions-league-silva-sparks-real-madrids-demolition-of-leipzig-as-lask-stun-sporting/
- Published: 2026-10-21T22:25:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-21T23:26:56+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/21/champions-league-roundup-real-madrid-leipzig-inter-shakhtar-sporting-lask-brugge-lens-betis-feyenoord
- Topics: Football, Geopolitics, Politics, Sport

## Key points

- Real Madrid beat Leipzig 4-1 for a third straight win.
- Lask came from behind to beat Sporting 3-2.
- Galatasaray won 4-2; Inter, Betis and Brugge also won.

## Summary

Real Madrid beat RB Leipzig 4-1 to make it three wins from three in the Champions League, with Bernardo Silva opening the scoring and Kylian Mbappé and Yan Diomande among the other scorers. The result strengthens Madrid’s bid to reach the league phase’s top eight, while Lask’s 3-2 comeback win at Sporting was a notable upset and their first victory of the campaign.

At Sporting, Luis Suárez scored twice, but goals from Christoph Lang, Sasa Kalajdzic and Krystof Danek turned the match around for Lask. Galatasaray beat Lille 4-2 after twice trailing, while Inter earned their first league-phase points with a 1-0 win over Shakhtar despite Alessandro Bastoni’s dismissal. Real Betis beat Feyenoord 1-0, and Club Brugge defeated Lens 3-0.

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