United were able to take the lead after a quarter of an hour of play, but Elanga only hit the head of Oblak’s goalkeeper from a close chance. And so it hit Atlético – Félix’s goal did not pay due to the offside, but after another dangerous counterattack, he got through Griezmann’s overcrowded center with the head of Renan Lodi. Brazilian bek followed an excellent performance from the home duel, in which he passed to the only goal of his team.
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The first measurement of forces in Madrid ended in a 1: 1 draw, so the “Red Devils” had to score to force at least an overtime. After a change of sides, they pushed their opponents, but in the greatest chance, Oblak pulled out an excellent reflex intervention against Varane’s header.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, who decided on a hat-trick league match with Tottenham on Saturday, did not get into any opportunity this time either. For the third time in his career, the star-studded Portuguese did not score in the Champions League match, and Manchester did not beat Atlético in the fourth European Cup duel.
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The visiting team also succeeded in the second match. Benfice, after a home draw of 2: 2, was also the only goal in Amsterdam, which was scored by the best scorer of the Núňez team in the 77th minute after a standard situation. The Uruguayan striker added a fourth goal in the “millionaire competition” to the 20 league hits so far.
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Ajax did not score for the first time this season in the Champions League, nor did striker Haller, who was the second best scorer of the competition with 11 goals.
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Atlético and Benfica joined other quarter-finalists in Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. The last advancers will emerge from Wednesday’s retaliatory duel Lille – Chelsea and Juventus – Villarreal.
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| Champions League round of 16 finals: |
| Ajax Amsterdam – Benfica Lisbon 0: 1 (0: 0) |
| Goal: 77. Núňez. Judges: Del Cerro Grande – Yuste, Fernández – Hernández (video, all Šp.). ZK: Timber, Blind, Gravenberch – Ramos. Attendance: 54,066. First match: 2: 2, Benfica advanced. |
| Ajax: Onana – Mazráví, Timber (90. + 7 Kudus), Martínez, Blind – Álvarez (82. Brobbey), Berghuis (82. Klaassen), Gravenberch – Antony, Haller, Tadič. Coach: Ten Hag. |
| Benfica: Vlachodimos – Gilberto (90. + 1 Lazaro), Otamendi, Vertonghen, Grimaldo – Everton (72. Jaremčuk), Weigl, Taarabt (46. Meité) – Rafa Silva, Núňez (81. Goncalves), Ramos (90. + 1 Bernardo). Coach: Veríssimo. |
| Manchester United – Atlético Madrid 0:1 (0:1) |
| Goal: 41. Renan Lodi. Judges: Vinčič – Klančnik, Kovačič (all Slovenia) – Fritz (video, Germany). ZK: Matic, Dalot – De Paul, Herrera. Attendance: 73,008. First match: 1: 1, Atlético advanced. |
| Manchester United: De Gea – Dalot, Varane, Maguire (84. Mata), Telles – McTominay (67. Matič), Fred (75. Cavani) – Sancho, Fernandes (67. Pogba), Elanga (67. Rashford) – Ronaldo . Coach: Rangnick. |
| Athletic: Oblak – Giménez, Savič, Reinildo – Llorente, De Paul, Herrera, Koke (80. Kondogbia), Renan Lodi – Griezmann (90.+3 Correa), Félix (90. Felipe). Trener: Simeone. |
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