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Reigning champions Bayern Munich and Chelsea, who had already won in the first leg as visitors, also prevailed in the return to Lazio and Atlético de Madrid, respectively, and advanced smoothly to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The eighth of the top European tournament ended this Wednesday with these matches: Bayern beat Lazio 2-1 in Munich, after the first leg 4-1, while Chelsea beat Atlético de Madrid 2-0 in London , which he had already defeated 1-0 in the first confrontation. .
The elimination of Atlético de Madrid leaves Spanish LaLiga with a single representative in the quarterfinals, Real Madrid, which on Tuesday beat Atalanta 3-1 to pass this round, in which Barcelona and Sevilla had been knocked out. last week against Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund.
In contrast, England, who had lost to Manchester United in the group stage, has managed to get three qualifiers into the quarterfinals of this Champions League.
Liverpool and Manchester City were joined by Chelsea on Wednesday seeking to repeat their feat of the title they won in the Champions League in 2012.
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At the moment, the ‘Blues’ can boast of having won both games against the current leader of the Spanish championship, an Atlético that at no time found a way to harm the team of Thomas Tuchel, the coach who became runner-up in Europe last season to Paris Saint-Germain.
In this Wednesday’s clash at Stamford Bridge, the first goal of the ‘Blues’ was signed by the international Dutchman for Morocco Hakim Ziyech, at 34′, and in the final discount put the final 2-0 by the Italian-Brazilian Emerson, at 93 ′ ).
Chelsea are still unbeaten since the arrival of Tuchel to replace Frank Lampard in January and the London side is returning to a Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2014.
For their part, Bayern Munich came to their game completely relaxed after the 4 to 1 victory they had achieved in Italy, after which Lazio was practically sunk.
There was no sense at any time that there could be a comeback at the Allianz Arena and Bayern won 2-1 with goals from the Polish Robert Lewandowski, 33 from a penalty) and the Cameroonian international Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, at 73 ′ ).
Marco Parolo, at 82 ‘, signed the goal of honor for the Roman team.
With this elimination of the Roman team, the Italian ‘Calcio’ will not have a representative among the eight best on the continent, something that had not happened since the 2015-2016 academic year.
The draw for the unseeded quarterfinals of the Champions League will take place this Friday with Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Porto waiting to meet their rival.
The quarterfinals will be played on April 6-7 (first leg) and April 13-14 (second leg).
The tournament is already facing its final stretch towards the grand final in Istanbul on May 29.
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