On Wednesday, March 18, in the Champions League, where the day before, Real Madrid and Andriy Lunin knocked Manchester City out of the tournament, four more second-leg matches of the round of 16 took place, according to the results of which Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid and Liverpool became the quarter-finalists of the tournament.
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By the way, the Beatles' compatriots remained the only English Premier League representative in the Champions League. Chelsea, Manchester City, Newcastle and Tottenham capitulated to their rivals in the round of 16 with an indecent aggregate score of 11:28.
Champions League. Round of 16. Second leg
March 18 (Wednesday)
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Bayern (Germany) – Atalanta (Italy) – 4:1 (Kane, 25, from penalty, 54, Karl, 56, Diaz, 70 – Samardzic, 86). First match – 6:1.
Tottenham (England) – Atletico (Spain) – 3:2 (Kolo Mouani, 30, Simons, 52, 90, from the penalty spot – Alvarez, 47, Ganzko, 75). First match – 2:5.
Barcelona (Spain) – Newcastle (England) – 7:2 (Rafinha, 6, 72, Bernal, 18, Yamal, 45+7, from penalty, Fermin, 52, Lewandowski, 56, 61 – Elanga, 15, 28). First match – 1:1.
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Barca forward Robert Lewandowski, who took part in the win over Newcastle, surpassed Filippo Inzaghi's achievement at 37 years and 209 days to become the oldest player in history to score a brace in a Champions League match.
In addition, the Pole surpassed Lionel Messi's achievements. Newcastle became the 41st club that Lewandowski has scored against in the Champions League (40 teams have been affected by the Argentine). In particular, Robert scored twice against Shakhtar and three times against Dynamo Kyiv.
Liverpool (England) — Galatasaray (Turkey) — 4:0 (Soboslay, 25, Ekitike, 52, Gravenberg, 53, Salah, 52). In the 45+4th minute, Salah (Liverpool) missed a penalty. First leg — 0:1.
The following teams will play in the Champions League quarterfinals on April 7/8 and 14/15: PSG (France) – Liverpool (England), Real Madrid (Spain) – Bayern Munich (Germany), Barcelona (Spain) – Atletico Madrid (Spain) and Sporting (Portugal) – Arsenal (England).
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Previously, “FACTS” reported that the Champions League playoff grid has been announced.
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