Real Madrid edge Atletico on penalties to reach Champions League quarters

The dream of the Champions League for Atlético should continue to wait, at least one more year. Madrid is the team that has most often provoked the European awakening of the parish of Colchonera, six white triumphs of six crosses already after the cruel outcome of the eighths last Wednesday. In five of those pairings, with Simeone on the red-white bench.

Real Madrid eliminated Atletico after 120 minutes and a controversial decision and will meet Arsenal in the quarter-finals. Ancelotti: Football is weird.

Real Madrid have won all six of their previous penalty shootouts against their city rivals.

Netizens praise Kylian Mbappe's performance which helped Real Madrid beat Aletico in Champions League

French forward Kylian Mbappe played a key role in both regular time and the penalty shootout, earning widespread praise from fans online.

Rare, disallowed penalty causes controversy as Real Madrid beats Atlético Madrid in Champions League last 16

There is almost always drama when local rivals Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid play each other, but Wednesday’s match in the last 16 of the Champions League takes some beating.

The king of the competition was about to say goodbye: Real Madrid jumped into the abyss but did not fall and beat down his neighbor Atlético of Madrid in his duel of the eighth final of the Champions League, where Arsenal and Aston Villa were quietly classified.Read more]]>