Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Falcao scores twice on European return as Monaco beats CSKA (The Associated Press)

Monaco's Valere Germain, right, is to score his team's opening goal during their Champions League Group E soccer match between Monaco and CSKA at the Louis II stadium in Monaco, Wednesday Nov. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Radamel Falcao scored twice as Monaco cruised to a 3-0 win over CSKA Moscow to take a big step toward qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages. In his first European game for seven weeks following a lengthy break for concussion, Monaco's captain caused havoc in the CSKA defense as the Russian champion remained winless from four games. Valere Germain took advantage of some hapless goalkeeping from Igor Akinfeev to score the 13th-minute opener.


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