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LISBON, Portugal -- Defending champion Real Madrid advanced from the group stage of the Champions League for the 20th straight time after beating 10-man Sporting Lisbon 2-1 on Tuesday.Karim Benzema came off the bench to get the late winner in the 87th minute.A draw would have been enough to get Madrid through to the knockout stages anyway, but victory gave the team a chance to finish first in Group F -- with a home victory over Borussia Dortmund in the final round.It was important that we won here, Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. We achieved what we came to get. We are going to play a final against Dortmund now.The German side, which routed Legia Warsaw 8-4, has a two-point lead over Madrid.Benzema salvaged Madrids victory with a header after a well-placed cross by Sergio Ramos. That came just seven minutes after Sporting midfielder Adrien Silva equalized by converting a controversial penalty kick. The penalty was awarded after the ball hit Fabio Coentraos arm, which he had just thrust into the air to complain of a hand ball by Sporting.We had our difficult moments in the game but thats normal, Zidane said. But we managed to score a wonderful second through Karim Benzema.Benzema had been doubtful to play during the week because of an injury but his recovery proved crucial. He entered the match in the 67th to replace Francisco Isco Alarcon.Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, returning home to play against the team where he started his career, got an assist in Madrids first goal when he mis-hit a shot inside the area. The ball bounced off his back foot and moved forward for Raphael Varanes easy shot from close range in the first half.It was the third straight game for Ronaldo without a goal in the Champions League, keeping him two short of becoming the first player to reach the 100-goal mark in European competitions.Sportings Joao Pereira was sent off in the 64th with a straight red after an altercation with Madrids Mateo Kovacic.We were great both technically and tactically. We only missed a few details, Sporting coach Jorge Jesus said. In Madrid we were not able to defend our lead after 87 minutes and tonight the red card to Joao Pereira was decisive.Madrid scored two late goals -- the first in the 89th -- in the 2-1 win over Sporting in the teams opener in the group stage.Gareth Bale limped off the field on Tuesday after being substituted because of an apparent ankle injury in the 58th.The game marked Madrids return to Lisbon for the first time since winning the 2014 Champions League against Atletico Madrid at the Estadio da Luz.The victory extended Madrids unbeaten streak to 30 matches in all competitions. The Spanish club has scored 25 goals in its last six away games. Cheap Nike Dunk Low . Darren Helm scored on Detroits sixth attempt in the shootout and then Jonas Gustavsson stopped Andrew Shaws shot, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. Cheap Nike Dunk High . 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The Dutchmans tenure got off to a poor start when referee Guido Winkmann awarded a penalty within two minutes for Niklas Starks clumsy challenge on Alexandru Maxim. Unbeaten Ospreys went back to the top of the Guinness PRO12 with a nine-try victory over Treviso at the Liberty Stadium.The 64-10 success was their second 50-point demolition of an Italian team after they saw off Zebre 59-5 on the opening day of the season.The Ospreys tries came from centre Ben John, hooker Sam Parry, wing Jeff Hassler, full-back Dan Evans, wing Dafydd Howells, a penalty try, and replacements Keelan Giles, Maafu Fia and Alun Wyn Jones. Sam Davies also kicked 11 points and Dan Biggar eight.Treviso, who were handed three yellow cards, scored a late try through flanker Dean Budd, with a penalty from Tommaso Allan and a conversion for Ian McKinley.It was such a dominant performance by the home side that they had secured the try bonus point four minutes before half-time as they led 31-3.It took Ospreys until the 16th minute to get on the scoreboard, with a Davies penalty cancelled out two minutes later by his opposite number Allan.Gradually Ospreys began softening up the Italian sides defence to score four tries in the space of 15 minutes.First, centre John broke through a gap and then stepped outside a would-be tackler to go over under the posts and he was followed over by Parry, who had scored a hat-trick against Zebre. Both tries were converted by Davies.The third try came when Hassler received a well-timed pass to sprint over unopposed from 25 metres out,, before some fine handling from the likes of Howells and skipper Tom Habberfield allowed Evans go over for the bonus-point try.dddddddddddd The two tries were converted by Davies.Ospreys dominance continued unabated after the break as they registered another two tries. Wing Howells dived spectacularly into the corner after being put over by Evans, a score converted by Davies.Matters only got worse for Treviso who had replacements Luca Bigi and McKinley sin-binned. McKinleys yellow came after a high tackle on Habberfield which saw the referee award Ospreys a penalty try that was converted by Biggar.Biggar had come on along with fellow internationals Jones, Rhys Webb and Sam Baldwin, only to increase the misery for Treviso. Another replacement in Giles, making his Ospreys debut, had only been on a few moments before showing his speed to go over for Ospreys seventh try with Biggars conversion taking his side to 50 points.With a third Treviso player in the sin bin - Braam Steyn was handed a yellow for a tip tackle on Biggar - Ospreys registered an eighth try when Fia crashed over for Biggar to convert before Jones went in for the ninth, again converted by Biggar.In the final minute Treviso grabbed their only try from Budd, converted by McKinley. [