MONACO -- 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, Monacos 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. The Russian keeper went low to try and stop Germain after he broke through the defense, but the forward knocked the ball first into, then over him and tapped it into the net.Falcao scored Monacos second from a Benjamin Mendy cross in the 29th and then displayed neat footwork to make it 3-0 in the 41st. The Colombia striker played a one-two with Germain before turning CSKAs Pontus Wernbloom and knocking the ball past Akinfeev, who has not kept a clean sheet in 41 straight Champions League appearances.Falcao could have completed a hat trick in the second half, but shot wide twice from good positions. Guido Carrillo came on as a substitute for Falcao and hit the post late on.Monaco is now top of Group E with eight points, two more than Bayer Leverkusen after the German side beat Tottenham 1-0 at Wembley. Tottenham has four points.With its already small squad depleted by injuries, CSKA was badly outclassed in midfield and failed to reproduce the battling display from its 1-1 draw with Monaco in Moscow two weeks before.Forward Carlos Strandberg could have scored for CSKA mid-way through the first half but was denied when Monaco keeper Danijel Subasic made a good reaction save with his right foot.CSKA is bottom of the group with two points after a result that will do nothing to quieten the speculation in Russia over coach Leonid Slutskys future. Cheap Custom Packers Jersey .J. -- Marshawn Lynch said Thursday it will be good to get back to football after the Seattle quiet talking running back wrapped up his final mandatory media session of Super Bowl week. Custom Packers Jerseys . 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The game feels easy for the U.S. Open champion, who began his bid for the FedEx Cup title on Thursday with a 4-under 66 to share the lead at the Tour Championship.Johnson had 165 yards from the sand and worried about getting it over the lip of the bunker. He hit 8-iron to 2 feet for birdie and was on his way to his sixth consecutive round at 68 or lower.It was a very nice shot to start the day, Johnson said with a smile.Hideki Matsuyama of Japan ran off three straight birdies early in his round and finished with a birdie on the par-5 18th -- the nines have been switched at East Lake -- for a 66, while Kevin Chappell joined them with a bogey-free round.Johnson is coming off his third victory of the year at the BMW Championship two weeks ago, and there was no indication that anything has changed. He hit a reasonable amount of fairways (eight out of 14) considering the dry, fast conditions, and only once when he was out of position did he fail to save par.He is the No. 1 seed in the FedEx Cup, and the top five seeds only have to win the Tour Championship to claim the $10 million FedEx Cup bonus. The top five were all among the dozen players who broke par in the opening round.Jason Day, the worlds No. 1 player who hasnt won in four months, dropped his only shot on the opening hole and was at 67, along with Kevin Kisner and Si Woo Kim.Id like to give Dustin a good run for it, Day said.Jordan Spieth didnt look like he would post anything near a 68 after he was 3 over through two holes. The defending FedEx Cup champion let his short game bail him out in a big way. Spieth holed three straight putts from the 30-foot range -- one of them for par -- and raced back into the mix on the back nine by holing a bunker shot for birdie right of the 13th green and finishing with a pair of 20-foot birdies.This is a course I feel very comfortable on, Spieth said. I feel if I play really solid golf here -- and it doesnt have to be perfect golf -- I can shoot 8 under on this golf course. I have no doubt. It fits me really well.Also at 68 was Rory McIlroy, who had consecutivee double bogeys toward the end of the front nine and pulled himself together with four straight birdies on the back.dddddddddddd McIlroy had a 68 without making birdie on either of the par 5s.That wasnt the case for Phil Mickelson. He started his day by holing a 95-foot birdie putt. His fortunes turned on the par-5 sixth hole when his second shot went over the green and up against a fence, leading to bogey. He hit his next tee shot out of play and made triple bogey, and followed that with a double bogey with a drive into the water. Mickelson played 1 under from there to salvage a 74. He didnt hit a fairway until the 17th hole, and then headed straight to the practice range.These are the kind of days Johnson rarely has.Johnson has finished out of the top 10 only twice in the last four months -- one of them a missed cut at the PGA Championship out of nowhere -- and is making it tough on everyone. While everyone has a mathematical chance of winning the FedEx Cup, that depends on how the top five fare.And one of those is Johnson, who is faring quite well at the moment.Chappell, three times a runner-up this year, would have to win and have Johnson finish worse than ninth to win the $10 million bonus.With the form Dustin is in, I dont think that scenario is going to happen for me, Chappell said. But theres a chance to win a golf tournament, and thats all Im really focused on.Hes not worried about the Ryder Cup either. Chappell said he hasnt been contacted by U.S. captain Davis Love III, nor was he among three players not on the team who were invited to practice at Hazeltine over the weekend.Of that trio, Justin Thomas opened with a 68.Bubba Watson made two late bogeys from the rough and had a 72 to tie for 15th, while Daniel Berger shot 40 on the front nine and shot 74.Theres nothing I can do now, Watson said. Davis said its all about strategies and different things. Its not about my play. Its not about anybodys play. So I cant worry about that. And the golf course is so tough, Ive got to worry about this golf course. ' ' '
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