Atletico Madrid beat Inter Milan to reach Champions League finals

Spanish football club Atletico Madrid beat Italian football club Inter Milan to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Atletico Madrid beat Inter Milan by 3-2 on penalties after being behind by two goals.

Atletico was behind with one goal after the first game last month and it looked like they were going to lose when Federico Dimarco scored the first goal of Inter at the Estadio Metropolitano.

Atletico beat Inter on penalties to reach Champions League quarters
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However, Antonie Griezmann of Atletico soon leveled the game by scoring the first goal against Inter. Three minutes before the end of the ordinary 90-minute period, Memphis Depay scored a fantastic second goal with a beautiful finish.

That setup was the final shootout in which Inter missed three of their five penalties. Their star scorer Lautaro Martinez sent Atletico to the next round by missing his penalty by a long shot.

The two teams couldn’t have been in more different shapes until this match happened. Inter has won 13 consecutive games since the beginning of 2024. However, Atletico had only won one of their last five.

But in the Spanish city, of Madrid, the game was close and exciting. Atletico pushed hard to win when both teams had a lot of chances. Memphis hit a hard shot before his strike sent the game into extra time. Meanwhile, Rodrigo Riquelme missed a golden opportunity to win the tie for Atletico without extra time.

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Atletico had two great chances to score on the break but Marcus Thuram and Nicolo Barella missed the target while having an opportunity to win the game.

However, Inter Milan led by Simone Inzaghi will focus on winning their 20th Serie A title while Atletico awaits the last eight draw (quarter-finals) in Nyon tomorrow.

Inter Milan is 16 points ahead of AC Milan with 10 league games left. They missed several chances to get a bigger lead in the first half of League Champions.