Atletico vs Real Madrid LIVE: Champions League result after hugely controversial penalty shoot-out
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid (2-2 on agg. Real Madrid win 4-2 on penalties): The holders will play Arsenal in the quarter-finals
Real Madrid knocked rivals Atletico Madrid out of the Champions League after a controversial penalty shoot-out that saw Julian Alvarez’s successful effort ruled out by VAR.
Alvarez scored Atletico’s second penalty of the shoot-out but slipped as he connected with the ball. Seconds passed with Atletico believing Alvarez had scored, but a VAR review found that Alvarez had touched the ball with both feet as he slipped.
Although Real Madrid’s Lucas Vazquez missed the next effort, Real Madrid won the shoot-out after Marcos Llorente missed and Antonio Rudiger squeezed the final effort past Jan Oblak.
Conor Gallagher’s goal inside the opening minute cancelled out Real Madrid’s 2-1 win in the Bernabeu, and the tie remained level when Vinicius Jr blazed a penalty over the bar.
Real Madrid, who continued their winning streak against Atletico in the Champions League, will play Arsenal in the quarter-finals as they continue their title defence.
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PENALTY! Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid
68 mins: PENALTY! Real Madrid have a spot-kick, and it’s ALL down to Kylian Mbappe!
He dances past Lenglet who brings him down in the area. Stonewall, and the defender is lucky not to be sent off.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid
66 mins: Simeone is in the book for clattering into Vinicius Jr near the left touchline.
Free-kick in a dangerous area for Real Madrid, but it’s too close to Oblak who collects with ease.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid
65 mins: Changes for Real as Tchouameni and Modric make way for Eduardo Camavinga and Lucas Vazquez.
Vazquez takes the armband.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid
63 mins: Elsewhere, it looks like another quarter-finalist is nailed on with Aston Villa 3-0 up on 10-man Club Brugge at Villa Park - making it 6-1 on aggregate.
Marco Asensio has scored once again - two on the night for him. Real could do with goalscoring exploits right about now.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid
60 mins: CLOSE! Clement Lenglet latches onto a free-kick conceded by Vinicius Jr for a silly challenge, and he nearly makes the Brazilian pay.
His header flashes just past the far post, with Courtois looking stranded.
Vinicius was booked for his foul.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid
58 mins: It’s Reinildo this time who brings the ball away on the counter and makes a beeline for Real Madrid’s box.
Asencio does well to guard the ball out of play for a goal-kick.
The young Spaniard is there again when a loose ball threatens to give Atleti a run on goal, getting across and thwarting Griezmann with a sliding challenge.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid
56 mins: Rodrygo dances into the area and fires a ball towards the edge of the six-yard box, where Bellingham is waiting.
It would be a tap in for the Englishman if not for Gimenez, who puts his body on the line to squirm it away.
Brilliant work from Rodrygo but Gimenez is there to save the day.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid
54 mins: Simeone goes on driving run up against Mendy and gets into the box before flicking it towards the back-stick.
It’s deflected and bounces agonisingly past the Real Madrid post for a corner.
Back-to-back deliveries are whipped in but nothing comes from them.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid
52 mins: Real Madrid tick the ball about in the Atleti half before Tchouameni receives and blazes a long-range effort into the crowd.
You felt that early goal would change the course of this game, and it absolutely has. Instead of having to push for a goal and thus open the game up, Atletico can now afford to sit back and invite Real to break them down before catching them on the counter.
So far, Real are failing in that endeavour.
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