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Atlético de Madrid players celebrate the classification against Inter Milan

ATLETI MOVED TO THE QUARTERS IN THE PENALTY SHOOTOUT

Atlético eliminates Inter and leaves Barça with only one 'bullet' to play in the Club World Cup

Published:14/03/2024 - 01:11h

Updated:14/03/2024 - 12:31h

Atlético de Madrid became the last one to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League after a dramatic victory on penalties against Inter Milan (2-1, 3-2 p.) This result further distances FC Barcelona from the World Cup of Clubs 2025

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LaLiga Will have three representatives in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League 2023/24. In a dramatic eliminatory, the Athletic of Madrid traced back to the Inter of Milan after the 0-1 of the gone thanks to a golazo of Memphis Depay in the minute 87 that forced the extention (2-1). After a lengthen with few occasions, the penaltis gave the classification to the 'colchoneros' thanks to two cut across of Jan Oblak (3-2). This result, however, supposes a bad news for the FC Barcelona of face to the next World-wide of Clubs.

And it is that, thanks to his victory in front of the Inter, the Athletic keeps his advantage of 6 points on the Barça in the ránking clasificatorio of FIFA. In this sense, the Barça needed that the 'colchoneros' remained went in eighth to be able to classify to the World-wide, a tournament to the that only will be possible to classify by means of the attainments obtained in the Champions 2023/24.

For the moment, the only form in which the culés can put in the tournament is winning the Champions, as long as the 'Aleti' no advance to 'semis'. For the Barça, remain out of the new World-wide of Clubs supposes to lose an entry of 50 million euros, a hard hit to the finances culés, although the triumph in front of the Naples gave an important break of face to the summer.

The Athletic was upper to the Inter and returns to quarter-finals

The party in the Metropolitan was thrilling from beginning to end. The venues began much more intense and had the first clear occasions of the party. However, the 'nerazzurri' advanced with a goal of Federico Dimarco in the 33' that put partially the key 2-0 in favour of the ones of Simone Inzaghi. In spite of the blow, the Athletic reacted immediately and attained to equalise the actions in the 35' thanks to the so much of Antoine Griezmann.

The 1-1 kept until the final stretch of the meeting, although both teams enjoyed of clear opportunities to expand the marker. In the 87', Memphis Depay took advantage of a pass of Koke to equalise the eliminatory with a remarkable definition of right. The lengthen was almost a formality product of the tiredness. Griezmann Left when concluding the first extention and, in the penaltis, Jan Oblak was the hero cutting across two of the five collections of the Inter. Lautaro Martínez sent to the clouds the fifth and decisive collection, sentencing the 3-2 final for the ones of Diego Simeone. There will be derbi Madrilenian in chambers? Or revancha for the Barça of the eliminatory of chambers of 2014 and 2016? This Friday will know it.

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