Champions League Group stage has completed five rounds, knockout major La Liga , this year it was confirmed that only the defending Real Madrid qualifies. After Sevilla was eliminated, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona were officially eliminated in the early morning.
Atletico Madrid's exit process is quite vigorous. He thought that he had a sudden chance of being eliminated, but it made Yannick Carrasco, who performed well, eventually became the "tragic protagonist". The two battles in the group
B started at different stages. Porto, who ranked second in the front of the game, started the game earlier, defeated Bruges 4-0 away. Atletico Madrid, which is third in the front row, and , Leverkusen, which is at the bottom of the group, must score three points to maintain a glimmer of hope.
Both sides had a wonderful fight in the first half. Leverkusen, who was away, opened the record in 9 minutes by Moussa Diaby ( Moussa Diaby), and was equalized by Yannik Carrasco in the 22-minute penalty area. Leverkusen stole the ball under his feet in the top of Atletico Madrid's penalty area in the 29th minute, and scored a goal by Chelsea Callum Hudson-Odoi (Callum Hudson-Odoi) to lead the half. Jannik Carrasco pushed into the penalty area on the left 5 minutes after changing sides, attracting three enemy players to defend, create an open space and pass the ball to the top of the penalty area, allowing Rodrigo de Paul to score and equalize again.
stoppage time last moment, the theater of fate was unveiled. Atletico Madrid took a corner kick and returned in vain. The referee finished honking the whistle, and the two armies tied and were eliminated together. The referee "received a call" at this time, and learned that Geoffrey Kondogbia's header second pass hit Piero Hincapié's left hand. After examining the video, he called a penalty.
Yannik Carrasco acted as the savior and unexpectedly became the protagonist of the tragedy. His main shot was saved by Lukáš Hrádecký, and Saúl Ñíguez rushed to the top but hit the post, and the offensive was not finished. Left-back Reinildo Isnard Mandava made a follow-up shot through the feet of three Leverkusen players, hitting Jannik Carrasco's tail when he flew straight to the goal, and the three yards in front of the goal were bounced out of bounds. The referee then finished the game with a whistle, and the two armies tied 2-2, both of which missed the knockout round.
Porto player watching the live broadcast on the plane saw both sides having lost money when he saw Jannik Carrasco having sex with him, and the applause was thunderous.
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone After the game, he admitted that in addition to the two losing enemies in the Champions League finals, Real Madrid , this battle was the most painful night in his 11 years of coaching the team. After Atletico Madrid was eliminated, only Real Madrid left in this knockout match, which is the first time this century that only one La Liga team entered the Champions League knockout round. In the past twenty years, at least two La Liga teams have qualified. Only Barcelona and Real Madrid have qualified in the 2004-05 and 2011-12 seasons.
