Atlético Madrid held on after an early cost by Barcelona to achieve the Champions League semifinals for the primary time in almost a decade on Tuesday.
Atlético superior 3-2 on combination regardless of a 2-1 loss to the Catalan membership. Diego Simeone’s group had gained the primary leg 2-0 in Barcelona final week.
Barcelona, making an attempt to return to the final 4 for the second season in a row, scored twice within the first 24 minutes to even the sequence, with Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres discovering the online.
Atlético struck again nonetheless within the first half with a aim by Ademola Lookman, who completed off a pleasant counter-attack from a Marcos Llorente help.
The Catalan membership performed a person down from the 79th after defender Eric García was proven a pink card for fouling Alexander Sorloth to cease a breakaway.
Atlético final made it to the semifinals in 2017. Barcelona misplaced to Inter Milan in final 12 months’s semifinals.
Diego Simeone’s facet will face Arsenal or Sporting CP within the semifinals. Arsenal gained the primary leg 1-0 in Lisbon final week. Their second leg in England is on Wednesday.
In the opposite quarterfinal on Tuesday, Paris Saint-Germain superior previous Liverpool.
Information from The Associated Press was used on this recap.
