Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona : picture gallery

Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona

Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona : picture gallery

It was a stunner in the Champions League in it’s true sense, as Atletico Madrid knocked out the defending champions FC Barcelona with a convincing scoreline of 2-0 to win 3-2 on aggregate and finally advance to the semi-finals.

Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona : picture gallery

Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona
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Diego Simeone finally has his first victory against Luis Enrique and it could not have come at a better time. Barcelona ultimately failed to bounce back after their loss to Real Sociedad just this weekend.

Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona
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Atletico Madrid pounced on FC Barcelona from the beginning. The Catalans looked rather weak and Atletico took real advantage of that from the get go of the Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona encounter.

Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona
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It was Antoine Griezmann who started off the scoring for Atletico Madrid as he towered over the Barca defense and headed a ball past Marc-André ter Stegen clinically for the first goal of the Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona encounter. It was an important goal at that as it gave Atletico Madrid the anticipated lead via away goals.
Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona
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The second half brought a similar vibe as the first half of the Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona encounter as Barcelona looked stunned and flustered against Atletico’s game plan.

Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona
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Griezmann sealed the deal with a decisive penalty in the 89th minute and Atletico Madrid were able to walk away with the victory, but not without some controversy.

Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona
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Gabi blocked a shot with his hand and it was ruled by the referee just outside of the box. But replay showed he was actually inside the box at the moment.

Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona
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Although Barcelona players were furious with the call, it seemed like instant karma given that Andres Iniesta wasn’t sent off for his deliberate handball, which although led to the penalty by Griezmann.

Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona
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Atletico will have a lot to say in this game. Both Luis Suarez and Neymar were somewhat lucky to get away with only yellow cards especially the latter considering he kicked out effectively at Juanfran when a ball went out-of-bounds on a goal kick.

Atletico Madrid vs FC Barcelona
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Barcelona will have to get back their winning streak.

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