The remontada is not complete. Atletico Madrid expel Barcelona out of the Champions League

On Tuesday evening, the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium turned into an open battleground, from which Atletico Madrid exited with a ticket to the semi-finals of the 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League, despite losing to Barcelona by two goals to one, taking advantage of its superiority in the first leg with a clean sheet that tilted the sum of the two matches in its favor (3-2).

Barcelona entered the game like a time-chaser, and started with a perfect scenario that quickly restored hope to its fans. It was only four minutes before Lamine Yamal's name sounded in the stands, after he snatched an early goal that confused Diego Simeone's calculations. In the 24th minute, Ferran Torres fired a tight left-footed shot that doubled the lead, and there was a great "Remontada" on the horizon, before Ademola Lookman dispelled the Catalan rush with a goal in the 31st minute.

The match then turned into a fierce physical confrontation, more akin to an open battle than a football match. Heavy scuffles, frequent falls, and blood dripped on the grass. Firmin Lopez came off injured after his face hit goalkeeper Juan Musso's foot, and then it was Matteo Ruggieri's turn to leave the pitch drenched in blood following an aerial tackle with Gavi. The tension was at its peak, and the stadium was literally on fire.

In the second half, Barcelona thought they had regained the lead when Ferran Torres scored a third goal in the 56th minute, but the referee cancelled it out for offside, dissipating one of the most important moments of the game for the visitors. In the 80th minute, Eric Garcia received a red card immediately after blocking Alexander Sorloth's lonely, and Barcelona found themselves in the same scenario they experienced in the first leg when Pau Kuparsi was sent off in almost the same way.

Despite the numerical deficit, Barcelona rushed with all their remaining energy in search of a third goal that would have turned the match upside down. In the seventh minute of stoppage time, Ronald Araujo wasted an unmissable opportunity when he shot a ball that passed by the post, dashing the Catalan team's last hopes of a comeback.

Atletico Madrid, who have known how to turn a loss into a qualification, now await the winner of the clash between Arsenal and Sporting Lisbon, while Barcelona leave the European Grand Championship once again, in a new episode in a string of continental failures that has stretched since the last crown in 2015.

A bloody battle, an incomplete remontada, and a renewed knot. Atletico Madrid have written a new chapter in the history of their Champions League clashes with Barcelona.

Slott's mistakes knock Liverpool down against Saint-Germain

Paris Saint-Germain booked its place in the semi-finals of the Champions League, after renewing its victory over Liverpool with two goals without reply, on Tuesday evening, in the match that was held at Anfield.

Paris Saint-Germain scored Ousmane Dembele's brace in the 72nd minute (90-72), to qualify the French team for the semi-finals, taking advantage of its victory at home with two goals without reply.

Paris Saint-Germain awaits in the semi-finals, the winner of the match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid on Wednesday, and the Bavarian giants won the first leg at the Bernabéu by a score of (2-1).

The highlight of today's match was Liverpool coach Arne Slott's confusion in his selections, as he initially preferred to push Alexander Isak despite his lack of readiness at the expense of Mohamed Salah, before taking him out between the two halves of the match.

At the start of the second half, Joe Gomez was brought on at the expense of Frimpong, before replacing him in the 66th minute when its stars came down at his expense.

Another highlight of the match was the number of injuries, as Hugo Ekitike suffered an ankle injury, which forced him to leave in the 30th minute and Salah came off in his place.

Paris suffered two blows, with Mendes first injured in the 38th minute and Hernandez coming off in his place, then Dowie was injured in the 47th minute, leaving the pitch and Barcola coming off in his place.

Paris Saint-Germain were the better team attacking in the first half, with two attempts from Dembele who wasted the first with a dropped ball that was saved by the Reds keeper, and the second with a perfect solo shot through which he shot a ball that went over the crossbar.

Liverpool's level improved in the second half with the disappearance of Salah and Gakpo, and almost translated its control into a goal in more than one attempt, before getting a penalty kick for Mac Allister being handicapped by Pacho in the 64th minute, but the VAR technique intervened and saved the French team by canceling the kick.

With the Reds' great offensive advance, Paris took advantage of the space at the back to snatch the first goal of the match with a special shot from Dembele from the edge of the area that found the net in the 72nd minute.

Saint-Germain scored the second goal in the second minute of stoppage time, after Barcola sent a magic pass to Dembele with a Liverpool keeper inside the area, to shoot easily into the net, and Paris continued their successful title defence by reaching the semi-finals.