It was a HOT Wednesday (8) with the first legs of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.
Rivals in the last Copa del Rey semifinal, Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid kicked off another knockout clash featuring a VAR red card and CONTROVERSY.
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Meanwhile, reigning champions PSG took a big step toward another qualification over Liverpool, their opponent in the last edition.
Check out a summary of the matchups below.
PSG 2 🆚 0 Liverpool
The first half was dominated by the reigning champions.
And the goal came as early as the 11th minute through Doué, the best player on the pitch in the opening half.
Liverpool only threatened at 39′, when Frimpong fired across goal and wide.
But he was offside.
Arne Slot’s team failed to REGISTER A SHOT before halftime.
Liverpool came back better after the break, finally managing to attack.
But PSG were clearly superior.
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And they were able to turn that superiority into goals.
A player enjoying a great Champions League campaign, Kvaratskhelia scored a stunner to extend the lead (65′).
PSG had at least four more good scoring chances from then on.
Which kept Liverpool “alive.”
The second leg will be next Tuesday (14) at Anfield.
Liverpool will need to win by three goals to advance in regular time.
Barcelona 0 🆚 2 Atlético de Madrid
Barça had more of the ball and tried to find spaces against an opponent that was also looking to attack.
The big chance fell to Rashford, who had the edge over Molina.
Meanwhile, Yamal was struggling against triple marking.
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Then came Cubarsí’s foul on Giuliano Simeone.
Istvan Kovacs showed the Barça center-back a yellow card.
But he was the last defender. And VAR stepped in.
The referee went to the monitor and came back with a red card.
The free kick was taken and, with it, came Julián Álvarez’s BEAUTIFUL GOAL (44′).
A double advantage for the Colchonero side right before halftime.
Even with one man down, Barça came back very well for the second half.
They were up against a stunned rival.
They had chances through Rashford, for example, and complained a lot about a penalty not being awarded after the incident involving Musso and Pubill.
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Check out what happened below.
Then Atleti — who still had not registered a shot in the second half — made it 3-0 through Sorloth (70′).
Barça kept pushing. But Atleti’s advantage remained unchanged.
The second leg will be next Tuesday (14) at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.
And Colchonero can even afford to lose by one goal.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
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