Alex Telles secured his team’s first clean sheet of the season in Sevilla’s goalless draw with Copenhagen in the Champions League on Wednesday.
The left-back is spending the season in southern Spain as he pushes for a place in Tite’s Brazil World Cup. The 29-year-old had a rough start to life at his new club, with Sevilla failing to win any of their first four La Liga matches.
This changed thanks to a 3-2 triumph over Espanyol at the weekend when Telles featured for a fifth time. His sixth appearance ended in disappointment as the visitors could not unlock Copenhagen but Telles recorded his first shutout throughout a while 90 minutes.
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Meanwhile, Eric Bailly had a Tuesday night to forget in Marseille when his club fell to a 1-0 loss to Frankfurt. The Ivorian was at fault for the goal and was forced off with injury in the second half as the French club go two Champions League games without a point.
Elsewhere, Alvaro Fernandez made his fifth Championship appearance for Preston from the bench, when he came on for the final 26 minutes of their 1-1 draw at home to Burnley. The left-back is yet to start a league game for the Lilywhites but has been used regularly by boss Ryan Lowe.
Amad played 16 minutes of Sunderland’s 3-0 victory over Reading on Wednesday, his second outing for the Black Cats. Both of his appearances have been from the bench.
Ethan Laird started a sixth consecutive game for Queens Park Rangers as they ran out 2-0 winners over Millwall to grab his first clean sheet of the campaign. Hannibal Mejbri earned a third substitutes' appearance since his temporary move to Birmingham, playing 14 minutes in their 3-2 victory away at West Brom.
In League Two, Ethan Galbraith has handed his full Salford City debut in a 1-0 win over Harrogate on Tuesday, the midfielder lasting 63 minutes in his second outing for The Ammies. Meanwhile, right-back Charlie Wellens played the full 90 minutes in Oldham's 3-0 National League defeat to Woking in what was his second start.
Goalkeepers Dean Henderson (Nottingham Forest) and Dermot Mee (Altrincham) are also out on loan, as is defender Will Fish (Hibernian), but none of their teams had a midweek game.
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