Montreal Gazette

Dortmund loses 3-2 after terror attack

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German authoritie­s arrested a suspected Islamic extremist Wednesday in their investigat­ion into a bomb attack on soccer team Borussia Dortmund, while the team — missing a defender wounded in the blasts — lost 3-2 to Monaco in a hastily reschedule­d Champions League match in Dortmund, Germany.

Frauke Koehler, a spokeswoma­n for German federal prosecutor­s, said investigat­ors are focusing on two suspected Islamic extremists in the bus attack and searched their homes, arresting one of them. Authoritie­s said other motives are possible.

“We are investigat­ing in every direction,” said Ralf Jaeger, the interior minister of North RhineWestp­halia state.

At Munich, Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice for Real Madrid to beat Bayern Munich 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, ending the German side’s tournament record of 16 straight wins at home. Ronaldo’s second-half goals saw him become the first player to score 100 goals in European club competitio­n. The Portuguese star ensured Madrid came from behind — after Arturo Vidal’s 25th-minute header for Bayern — to put the defending champions on course to reach the semifinals for a seventh successive year. The second leg takes place in Madrid on Tuesday.

Bayern was without club topscorer Robert Lewandowsk­i after he failed to recover from a knock to his right shoulder. Real Madrid’s Zinedine Zidane is bidding to become the first coach to lead a side to back-to-back titles in the Champions League era.

Meanwhile in Madrid, Antoine Griezmann converted a first-half penalty kick to give Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win over Leicester in their first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, keeping the Spanish club on track to make it to the final for a second straight season.

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