Real Madrid defeats Atlético in the drama and reaches quarter -finals!

Real Madrid defeats Atlético in the drama and reaches quarter -finals!

Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid, Spanien - In a gripping round of round of 16 of the Champions League, Real Madrid defeated his city rival Atletico Madrid 4-2 in a penalty shootout and thus secured it to the quarter-finals. After 120 minutes and a 1-0 win for Atletico in the Metropolitano stadium, the decision was made by penalty shootout. Jude Bellingham, who was in the squad in this decisive game, commented after the victory: "It is extremely important to have won this game", as krone.at reported. The decisive shooter was Antonio Rüdiger, whose goal was a bit happy, since Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak only touched him with his fingertips.

The game was characterized by tension. After a quick goal by Conor Gallagher in the first minute for Atletico, the sheet for Real initially appeared bleak. Coach Carlo Ancelotti also criticized mistakes in possession of the ball and noticed that the game could have got out of control if Atletico had achieved 2-0. Atletico has never won against Real Madrid in the Champions League this season; Diego Simeone's team will be outraged by this constant curse, such as Sportschau.de notes. So far, Atletico has not been able to turn a decisive defeat in eleven duels against the "royal".

The remaining quarterfinal encounters and draws

After Dortmund defeated Lille 2-1, the team now meets the strongly appearing Barcelona. BVB coach Niko Kovac said about the upcoming challenges: "Barcelona will exceed that, and a lot". The quarter-finals also include a clash between Aston Villa and Paris Saint-Germain and between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. The quarter -finals will find on 8./9. and 15./16. April. With the current team performances, a gripping German duel in the semi -finals could be a victorious.