The German representation in Friday’s draw (15/03) will now be double, as in addition to Westphalia, the “ticket” for the eight has also been secured earlier by Bayern Munich, with a 3-0 win over Lazio.
The 23-year-old England striker’s early curling shot put the home side in front, only for Luke De Jong to miss an incredible chance in the 90’+4 to equalize for PSV and send the game into extra time after his 1-1 draw. first match.
Exactly one minute later, the captain of Dortmund, Marco Reus, who next summer is very likely to leave the club, “locked” qualification for the team with a place.
In a sensational match that captivated the fans and led to Russian roulette (2-1 for Simeone’s team in regular time and extra time), Atlético beat Inter 3-2 on penalties and qualified for the “8” of the Champions League .
The penalty shootout
0-1 by Tsalhanoglou for Inter
1-1 from Depay for Atletico
Oblak saved Sanchez’s penalty and kept it 1-1
Sommer saved Saul’s penalty and kept it 1-1
Oblak saved a second penalty, this time from Klaassen
2-1 by Riquelme for Atlético
2-2 by Acerbi for Inter
3-2 by Correa for Atlético
Lautaro Martinez sent the ball over the bar and Atlético in the “8”
The normal match and extra time
Atletico came on strong from the opening seconds looking to capitalize on the excitement of their home crowd and only threatened in the 5th minute when Lino pierced the Italian defense and curled a diagonal shot into the box to force Sommer into a difficult tackle.
Inter’s response came in the 13th minute when Thuram stole in, Calhanoglu curled in and Dumfries burst onto the counter, with Oblak first keeping out the Dutchman’s cross and then making a firm block on Dumfries’ next shot.
The continuation found the Nerazzurri balancing the match and not being threatened beyond Morata’s header in the 28th minute that found Sommer ready, to even reach the goal first in the 33rd minute.
This was done through exemplary ball movement, with Barela coming in from the left and serving the ball at the height of the penalty spot to Dimarco, who executed Oblak with a powerful right-footed shot (0-1).
The composure for the home crowd didn’t last more than two minutes after 35′ and it was 1-1, with Koke lifting the ball towards the heart of the Italian defense and Griezmann becoming its owner due to the inability of the defenders to clear the phase, to beat Sommer with a shot and put his team back in the qualification zone.
In fact, just before the end of the first half, the French midfielder could have completely turned the ball around, but his shot from an advantageous position stopped at the foot of Pavar, who made a saving throw, and it went out for a corner.
The second half found Atlético again entering with momentum and in the 52nd minute having a very good chance for a second goal, but Sommer made a great intervention on Griezmann’s shot inside the area, but this phase did not last long enough for them to intensify the the rohiblancos pressure them.
Tunandion, for the next 20 minutes the tempo dropped, which served Inter perfectly, with the Milanese even having the opportunity to “finish” the match in the 76th minute when Turam came out against Oblak but the French wasted it by sending the ball over the crossbar.
A few minutes later the Slovenian keeper stopped Barela in another dangerous Nerazzurri attack, with Simeone for his part making four changes from the 70th to the 80th minute and one of them, Memphis Depay, making it 2-1 at 85′ but to see the ball not doing him any favors, stopping at the right post of Sommer’s goal.
But two minutes later came the sweet reward for Atlético for the pressure they exerted in the finale. Koke delivered a superb vertical pass into the heart of the opposition defense and Depay made no mistake this time as he curled a right-footed shot into the right-hand corner of Sommer’s goal to make it 2-1.
This goal caused seismic vibrations in the “Metropolitano” and a little later the stadium went to… collapse, with Griezmann making a magical pass to Riquelme but he misses in a unique four-four with Sommer at 90+3′ and is inevitably led the match in half-hour extra time.
In the second part of extra time, the passion was what prevailed, but the fatigue for both teams was huge and so they naturally reached the penalties to settle their differences, where Atlético saw Oblak save two penalties and with a score 3-2 secured her participation in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
ATHLETIC: Oblak, Savic, Wichel, Hermoso, Molina (79′ Barrios), Llorente (98′ Athpilicueta), Koke, De Paul (71′ Correa), Lino (71′ Riquelme), Morata (79′ Depay), Griezmann ( 106 Saul)
INTER: Sommer, Pavar, De Frey, Bastoni (73′ Acerbi), Dumfries (73′ Darmian), Barela (84′ Fratezi), Tsalhanoglu, Mikitarian (111′ Klaassen), Dimarco (84′ Bisek), Turam (103′ Sanchez), Lautaro Martines
Round of 16 results
FIRST GAMES
Copenhagen – Manchester City 1-3 (34′ Matson / 11′ De Bruyne, 45+1′ Silva, 90+3′ Foden)
Leipzig – Real 0-1 (49′ Diath)
Paris – Real Sociedad 2-0 (58′ Mbappe, 70′ Barcola)
Lazio – Bayern 1-0 (69′ penalty Immobile)
Inter – Atletico 1-0 (79′ Arnautovic)
Eindhoven – Dortmund 1-1 (56′ pen. De Jong – 24′ Mullen)
Napoli – Barcelona 1-1 (75′ Osimen / 60′ Lewandowski)
Porto – Arsenal 1-0 (90+4′ Galeno)
SECOND MATCHES
Real Sociedad – Paris 1-2 (89′ Merino / 15′, 56′ Mbappe)
Bayern – Lazio 3-0 (39′, 66′ Kane, 45+2′ Miller)
Real – Leipzig 1-1 (65′ Vinicius / 68′ Orban)
Manchester City – Copenhagen 3-1 (5′ Akanji, 9′ Alvarez, 45+3′ Holland / 29′ Elyounoussi)
Barcelona – Napoli 3-1 (15′ Fermin, 17′ Cancelo, 83′ Lewandowski / 30′ Rahmani)
Arsenal – Porto 4-2 p., 1-0 d.p., 1-0 d.a. (41′ Trossard)
Atletico – Inter 3-2 pen. (2-1) (35′ Griezmann, 87′ Depay / 33′ Dimarco)
Dortmund – Eindhoven 2-0 (3′ Sancho, 90+5′)
* The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will take place on March 15.
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