Soccer today, Oct. 14: scores and Thursday’s matches

Real Madrid beat AS Roma 4-3 at the Olimpico in the Champions League on Wednesday (Oct. 14), and Aston Villa thrashed Fenerbahçe 6-0. In the Copa Sudamericana, South America's second-tier continental club tournament, two Brazilian clubs won semifinal matches: Vasco beat Boca Juniors 1-0 at La Bombonera on Tuesday (Oct. 13), and Atlético-MG routed Montevideo City Torque 3-0 at the Arena MRV on Wednesday. Scores and match events come from ESPN and were compiled by RaisLife (see the Roma-Real Madrid match page).

Tuesday's results (Oct. 13)

In Buenos Aires, Vasco took the lead through Adson in the 25th minute of the first half and held on even with ten men after Andrés Gómez was sent off in the 64th minute. According to ESPN, Boca had 61% of possession and 18 shots, against Vasco's 9. The match summary has a minute-by-minute account.

In Brazil's second division, Série B, Athletic, from São João del-Rei, and Londrina drew 2-2 at the Joaquim Portugal stadium. Londrina went ahead in the 4th minute on a penalty by João Vitor, who scored again from the spot in the 84th. Athletic answered with two goals from João Miguel, in the 18th and 89th minutes.

The Champions League had nine matches:

• Lens 0, Sporting 2, with goals from Luis Suárez (22nd minute) and Issa Doumbia (74th);
• Sabah 2, Slavia Prague 0;
• Villarreal 3, Napoli 1, with goals from Georges Mikautadze, Santiago Mouriño and Tani Oluwaseyi for Villarreal;
• Viking 3, Bayern Munich 3, with two goals from Harry Kane (one a penalty) and one from Luis Díaz for Bayern;
• Atlético Madrid 2, Manchester United 0, with goals from Pablo Barrios, in the first minute, and Ademola Lookman;
• Inter Milan 3, Club Brugge 4, with three goals from Nicolo Tresoldi for Club Brugge;
• Arsenal 3, Lille 0, with goals from Jurriën Timber, Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka;
• RB Leipzig 1, PSV 0;
• Galatasaray 1, Barcelona 4, with goals from João Cancelo, Fermín López, Anthony Gordon and Karim Adeyemi.

Wednesday's results (Oct. 14)

At the Arena MRV, Atlético-MG led 2-0 at halftime, with goals from Reiner in the 37th minute and Bernard in the 42nd, and added a third through Thiago Borbas in the 80th. The match page lists the goals and cards.

In the Copa Libertadores, South America's top club competition, Fluminense and Palmeiras played the first leg of their semifinal at the Maracanã. Palmeiras won 2-1. José Manuel López opened the scoring in the 45th minute of the first half and Marlon Freitas made it 2-0 in the 85th, before Wesley Natã pulled one back for Fluminense in stoppage time (90+3). The match page tracks the game.

In Argentina's league, Sarmiento, from Junín, and River Plate drew 1-1, with goals from Julián Contrera and Gonzalo Montiel.

In the Champions League, Wednesday's results were:

• LASK 3, Liverpool 6, with three goals from Bradley Barcola;
• Feyenoord 3, Como 2;
• Bodo/Glimt 1, Borussia Dortmund 0, with a goal from Fredrik Sjøvold;
• Slovan Bratislava 0, Stuttgart 3;
• Shakhtar Donetsk 3, AEK Athens 1;
• Manchester City 2, Paris Saint-Germain 4, with two goals from Erling Haaland for Manchester City and goals from Désiré Doué, Ousmane Dembélé, Vitinha and Maghnes Akliouche for Paris Saint-Germain;
• Real Betis 3, Porto 2;
• Aston Villa 6, Fenerbahçe 0, with two goals from Nicolas Jackson and two from Ross Barkley;
• Roma 3, Real Madrid 4, with goals from Kylian Mbappé, Carlos Espí, Endrick and Antonio Rüdiger for Real Madrid. Donyell Malen scored twice for Roma, which also got a goal from Marten de Roon.

Brasileirão: Flamengo leads, Palmeiras one point back

Brazil's top division, Série A (the Brasileirão), had no matches on Tuesday or Wednesday. In the standings, Flamengo leads with 64 points from 30 games, followed by Palmeiras with 63. Athletico Paranaense has 53 points and Fluminense 51. The league resumes on Friday (Oct. 16) with Mirassol against Internacional at 8 p.m. Brasília time. The full table is on the portal's soccer page.

Thursday's matches (Oct. 15)

The key match for Brazilian fans is the Libertadores semifinal between Estudiantes and Flamengo, at 9:30 p.m. Brasília time, at the Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium in La Plata, Argentina. Check the official schedule for TV listings. The match page has live coverage of the matchup.

On Thursday, the Europa League and the Conference League each have 18 matches, at two kickoff times: 1:45 p.m. and 4 p.m. Brasília time. In the Europa League, the highlights include Lyon vs. Crystal Palace, Salzburg vs. Milan, Celta vs. Juventus, Benfica vs. Celtic and Marseille vs. Olympiacos. In the Conference League, Brighton hosts Kauno Zalgiris, and Atalanta faces Pafos.

In Argentina's league, Huracán and Gimnasia La Plata play at 8 p.m. Brasília time.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil (Portuguese-language), soccer scores, goals and standings
• CONMEBOL, organizer of the Libertadores and the Sudamericana (official schedule)
• UEFA, organizer of the Champions League (official schedule)
• RaisLife Futebol, matches and standings

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/futebol.