Real Madrid remains insurmountable for the city rival Atlético in the Champions League for the time being – and, despite a missed shot by Vinicius Junior, may continue to dream of the Henkelpott’s re -profit.
In a dramatic and highly emotional city derby in the Estadio Metropolitano, the royal star ensemble ultimately kept a cool head, also defied a few setbacks and reached the quarter -finals of the Champions League again through the 4: 2 in the penalty shootout. National player Antonio Rüdiger made decisive converted. After 45, 90 and 120 minutes it had stood 0-1.
After the 2-1 first leg victory, the first success of the royal in the Madrileño in the regular season since 2022, the team of coach Carlo Ancelotti had actually went into the second round of 16 with a comfortable starting point.
But early on, Conor Gallagher (1st) ensured an open game in which FIFA world footballer Vinicius scored a penalty far over the goal (70th) after superstar Kylian Mbappé was fouled.
Real Madrid meets FC Arsenal
Previously, Real had always prevailed against Atletico in the Champions League – in the final 2014, in the 2015 quarter -finals, in the final 2016 and in the semi -finals in 2017. For the royal, the last eight (April 8th and 15th and 15th) is against FC Arsenal, who left nothing without his injured German national player Kai Havertz. After the historical away win in the first leg (7: 1), the Gunners did their duty in the second duel with PSV Eindhoven through the 2: 2 (2: 1).
The second Premier League Club Aston Villa also confirmed its diligent success (3-1) and now meets Paris Saint-Germain, which surprisingly turned off the Liverpool league leader. Against the FC Bruges, which was decimated early by a red card, Marco Asensio (50th/61st) and the ex-Dortmund Ian Maatsen (57.) ensured 3: 0 (0: 0) in Birmingham. The winner of the European Cup in 1982 had recently reached the quarter -finals of the most important European club competition 42 years ago.
The Gunners took the lead in the 6th minute without some regular players in the starting eleven by the Ukrainian Oleksandr Sintschenko. Declan Rice (37th) countered the 1-1 of the PSV by the former Bundesliga professional Ivan Perisic (18th). Eindhoven kept his face in the second leg and was able to compensate for at least another time through Couhaib Driouech (70th) in the Emirates stage.