Arsenal will play a team from Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, but it is not clear after a tight last-16 first leg in Santiago Bernabeu.
Seeking to win the Champions League for the third time in four seasons, Real Madrid will take a 2-1 lead on the second leg against Atletico Madrid opponents after a game illuminated by three excellent goals.
Rodrygo cut off the right and tightened a wonderful quarter minute beyond Jan Oblak to put Los Blancos in front, just for Julian Alvarez to overcome him with a spectacular long -range strike that leaned over the top corner in the 32nd minute.
This is some strike by Julián Alvarez 😮💨
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But he was another former Manchester City forward who would have the final say, Brahim Diaz, avoiding three Atletico defenders before shooting beyond a helpless Oblak to deliver Carlo Ancleotti’s men a thin edge.
If they keep it at Metrpolitano next week, then holders will face Arsenal, who essentially sealed their quarter-finals with an incredible PSV Eindhoven 7-1 route.
Real Madrid takes the lead against the course of the game 📈
Brilliant Footwork by Brahim Díaz opens the corner for a brilliant Curling attempt 👏
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The first targets by Jurrien Timber, Ethan Nwaneri and Mikel Merino put Arsenal on the command. Noah Lang pulled one behind the penalty shoot -out before halftime, but Martin Odegaard scored a second support and Leandro Trossard and Riccardo Calafiori to deliver the tie above the wording of a second leg without risk.
Aston Villa is not so comfortable, but they also run their tie after a remarkable delayed collapse by the Club Brugge.
It seemed like the sides returning to Villa Park at 1-1, as Leon Bailey’s opener was canceled by Maxim de Cuyper. However, Brandon Mechele put his own net eight minutes of time and Christos Tzolis gave a sentence that Marco Asensio turned to put the villa on the brink of a tie with either Liverpool or Paris of St. Germany.
It is all to play between Borussia Dortmund and Lille, however, after Ligue 1, he fought back to claim a 1-1 draw at Signal Iduna Park. Karim Adeyemi’s vicious low strike gave Dortmund the lead, but Hakon Arnar Haraldsson fell at the end of a big team to keep Lille firmly in the mixture for the last eight.
