Actual Madrid’s Champions League hoodoo faltered Wednesday on a frantic, grueling night time throughout city, however someway survived a first-minute sucker punch, a missed Vinicius Jr. penalty and a wild shootout.
It was examined by Atlético Madrid, by Diego Simeone’s valiant warriors. It was pushed to the brink over 120 brutal minutes.
However Actual Madrid, the everlasting Champions League champions, discovered a approach, and superior to the quarterfinals, the place they will face Arsenal.
They discovered some luck, as they at all times appear to do, in a penalty shootout, after regulation had ended 1-0 to Atlético, 2-2 on mixture. Within the second spherical of kicks from the spot, Atleti’s Julián Alvarez slipped, and nonetheless scored … however replays apparently confirmed that his plant foot had barely clipped the ball as he rocketed it into the roof of the web. Video assistant referees disallowed the conversion.
Jan Oblak, Atleti’s stoic keeper, made a clutch save to provide the hosts life. However Actual Madrid’s magic reigned. Within the fourth spherical, Atleti’s Marcos Llorente spanked his shot off the crossbar. Within the fifth, Antonio Rüdiger scored — off the palms of Oblak and into the facet netting.
And Los Blancos pranced across the subject, nonetheless alive, nonetheless the kings of Europe till additional discover.