“Barcelona” and “Atletico” start the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a victory

“Barcelona” scored a 3:2 (1:0) away victory over Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).

Towards the end of the first half, in the 37th minute, Rafinha put the Barcelona team in the lead, who took advantage of a mistake by the home goalkeeper in a counterattack and sent the ball into an almost empty net.

At the beginning of the second half, the home team needed only three minutes to equalize, when Ousmane Dembele beat the “Barcelona” goalkeeper with a strong shot after successfully bypassing the defenders, and Vitinha made it 2-1 for the Parisians three minutes later.

In the 62nd minute, Rafinha scored his second goal of the match, leveling the score at 2:2, while 15 minutes later, Andres Christiansen regained the one-goal lead for “Barcelona”, sending the ball into the home team’s goal after a corner kick.

The sum of the two games of the winner will advance to the next round.

Meanwhile, “Atletico” beat “Borussia Dortmund” at home with the result 2:1 (2:0).

In the beginning of the match, in the fourth minute, Rodrigu de Paul put the home team in the lead, while in the 32nd minute, Samuel Linu doubled the lead after Antoine Griezmann’s pass.

Nine minutes before the end of regular time, Sébastien Allaires scored the only goal of the Dortmund team. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, “Borussia” could still draw a tie, but Julian Brandt hit the crossbar.

On Tuesday, the duel between “Real” Madrid and “Manchester City” ended with 3:3, while “Arsenal” of London and “Bayern” of Munich also played in a draw, whose battle ended with 2:2.

32 teams played in the main tournament of the Champions League. The two best teams of each subgroup made it to the round of 16, while the third-placed team continued their season in the UEFA Europa League elimination tournament.

The final will be held on June 1, 2024 at Wembley Stadium in London.

Manchester City won the Champions League last season, beating Italian club Inter Milan 1-0 in Istanbul, winning the competition for the first time.