Simeone’s team in the quarterfinals thanks to the Brazilian’s goal in the first half and the Slovenian’s saves. CR7 does not affect and comes out in the second round for the third year in a row
A somewhat surprising verdict at Old Trafford: Atletico Madrid beat Manchester United 1-0 and earned the Champions League quarter-finals. The Red Devils come out, who in the 180 ‘proved inferior to the colchoneros. At Rangnick it went well with the 1-1 draw in Madrid: in the return match, despite two great saves by Oblak, Atletico played better and deserved.
HELLO CR7
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Ronaldo thus greets the Champions League for the third consecutive time in the second round, two with Juve and one with Manchester United. Not necessarily good news for Italy in view of the play-offs for Qatar 2022, also given the exponential growth that Joao Felix is experiencing this season. CR7 will be hungry because the World Cup could be the last great showcase of a unique career.
THE MATCH
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Atletico always remains cholista in the setting and in the DNA, but this version of the colchoneros is decidedly qualitative. The classy splashes of the various Griezmanns, De Paul and Koke leave their mark. This is demonstrated by the action of the goal canceled by Felix for offside by Marcos Llorente, before the action aimed at by Renan Lodi on a valuable assist from Griezmann. That Oblak is phenomenal is nothing new: ask Elanga, who enhances his reactivity at the start and in the second half in Varane, who sees himself rejecting a well-aimed header. Next to a mediocre Ronaldo, no one can make a difference: the various Bruno Fernandes, Elanga and Sancho (dangerous only in one circumstance) leave no traces. Thus United’s season begins to come to a sad conclusion. While Atletico presents itself among the top 8 in Europe with the usual business card: “Okay, we will not be the strongest. But as usual it will not be easy to throw us out”.
March 15, 2022 (change March 15, 2022 | 23:21)
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