Tonight, March 11, there was another return match in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League.
"Liverpool" and "Atletico Madrid", predictably, gave a brilliant game in the face-to-face return confrontation 1/8 finals. The first meeting ended with a minimal victory of the Spanish team - 1 : 0.
The English pressure in the first half could not be transformed into a goal for a very long time. The name of the main reason is Jan Oblak. However, the Slovenian failed to keep the goal intact before the break. In the 43rd minute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain crossed from the flank and Georginho Wijnaldum headed the ball into the net. The mirror image of the scoreline of the first match in Spain remained on the scoreboard until the end of the main time.
The true drama unfolded in the extra half hour. In the 94th minute, Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino, for the first time in a long time, scored in a game at Anfield, and it seemed to bring the Reds a ticket to the next round, but expectations were not justified. Already three minutes later, Marcos Llorente scored the first goal, and at the end of the first extra-time made the score equal. Klopp's team could not come out of the shock. In the 121st minute, Liverpool conceded a counterattack and a third goal. Alvaro Morata, for the first time in his career, hit the gates of the Merseyside club. Thus, the score at the end of two matches - 4 : 2, and the reigning champion Liverpool says goodbye to the prestigious European Championship.
In a parallel match, France's PSG hosted Borussia Dortmund. 2:1 in the first meeting in favor of the Germans only added intrigue to the question of the winner in this pairing.
In the 28th minute, Neymar scored with a header from a corner kick. Later, in the added time of the first half, Pablo Sarabia shot from the right flank and Juan Bernat only needed a light touch of his toe to cross the ball into the goal. Borussia failed to create anything meaningful in the remaining time. 2 : 0 at Parc de Prance, and PSG are off to the 1/4 finals of the main European club tournament.
Recall that yesterday the first quarterfinalists became known. They were: German RB Leipzig and Italian Atalanta.
The remaining matches of the Champions League 1/8 finals will be held March 18-19.
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