Associated Press Sports
updated 4:13 p.m. ET Dec. 19, 2012
LEEDS, England (AP) - Juan Mata tied the score two minutes into the second half and Chelsea went on to rout Leeds 5-1 Wednesday night for a berth in the semifinals of the English League Cup.
Luciano Becchio put the hosts ahead in the 37th minute at a rain-soaked Elland Road
Coming off a loss to Brazil's Corinthians in Sunday's Club World Cup final in Japan, Chelsea then got goals from Branislav Ivanovic in the 64th, Victor Moses in the 66th, Eden Hazard in the 81st and Fernando Torres int he 84th.
Chelsea plays Swansea in the two-leg semifinals and Aston Villa meets fourth-tier Bradford. The games are the weeks of Jan. 7 and 21.
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BERLIN (AP) - Mario Goetze scored his first professional hat trick to lead defending champion Borussia Dortmund over Hannover 5-1 and into the German Cup quarterfinals.
Jakub Blaszczykowski and Robert Lewandowski also scored for Dortmund.
Mame Biram Diouf got visiting Hannover's goal in the 79th minute. American defender Steve Cherundolo started for the visitors, got a yellow card and came off in the 67th.
In another third-round game, Stuttgart defeated second-division Cologne 2-1 on Christian Gentner's 31st-minute goal and Vedad Ibisevic's 36th-minute penalty kick. Bas Dost scored in the 90th minute as Wolfsburg came from behind to beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1.
Bochum beat second-division rival 1860 Munich 3-0.
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