Club Brugge beat Lens 3-0 for their second straight Champions League win

Club Brugge beat RC Lens 3-0 on Wednesday in the Champions League, their second straight win in the competition.

The Champions League is Europe's top club tournament. This season it starts with a league phase, where teams play a set group of opponents and collect points in one shared table. A win earns three points and a draw earns one. The top teams go straight through to the next round, and the rest play extra knockout matches to try to follow them.

Brugge's official website describes the result as an impressive 3-0 victory, and says the club now has six points from its three matches so far. BBC Sport's video report called it a comfortable win. A live blog from the same broadcaster showed the score at 3-0 as the match moved into its closing stages.

Lens have had a tough start to the competition too. Earlier this season, Sporting CP won at Lens, which put Sporting on two wins from two. Brugge's win now leaves Lens still searching for their first points in this stage. Hmm.

For Brugge, the result matters because it keeps them moving in the right direction. Two wins in a row gives a team belief, and it also puts them in a stronger position on the table. Three points from a single match can look small in the early weeks. Over a long league phase, it can be the difference between a place in the top eight and a playoff.

For fans, the story is simple. Brugge had a good night, and the score was clear from early on. The next match will tell whether they can keep the momentum going.