Brahim gives a real advantage in athletico tie

Arsenal will play a team from Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, but it is not quite clear which one after the last 16 first leg in the Santiago Bernabeu.

Wanting for the third time in the Champions League in four seasons, Real Madrid will lead 2-1 to the second part against the city rivals Atletico Madrid after the match illuminated by three excellent goals.

Rodrygo cut out on the right and collected a wonderful end of the fourth minute outside the Jan Cloud to put Los Blancos in front, only because Julian Alvarez would surpass him with a spectacular shot of Long Domet, which be bent in the upper right corner in the 32nd minute.

It’s some strike by Julián Alvarez 😮‍💨

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But that would be another former Manchester City striker to have the last word, Brahim Diaz avoided three athletico veterans before shooting out of a helpless cloud so that Carla Ancleotti men would give a slender edge.

If they are holding on the metropolitano next week, then the owners will face Arsenal, which basically sealed his quarter-final place with an incredible route of PSV Eindhoven from 7-1.

Real Madrid takes the lead against running the game 📈

Great works on the legs from Brahim Díaz opens an angle for a great effort of twisting 👏

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Goals from the first half of Jurrien Timber, Ethan Nwaneri and Mikel Merino put Arsenal in the command. Noah Lang pulled one back from the penalty area before halftime, but Martin Odegaard scored brothers in the second half, and Leandro Trossard and Riccardo Calafiori also ordered to bring a tie over the formality of another leg without threat.

Aston Villa is not so comfortable, but they also command the last 16th year after the extraordinary late collapse from the Bruggge Club.

It looked like the sides would go back to Villa Park at 1-1 after Maxim de Cuyper canceled Leon Bailey’s opener. However, Brandon Mechele went through his net eight minutes from the time, and Christos Tzolis gave a punishment that Marco Asensio turned into a villa on the Ivica tie with Liverpool or Paris Saint-Germain.

It is all to play between Borussia Dortmund and Lille, however, after the Ligue 1 side returned to ask for a 1-1 draw at the Ice Signal Park. The enchanted low strike Karima Adeyemi gave Dortmund leadership, but Honar Arnar Haraldsson inserted himself at the end of the big team of teams to keep Lille firmly in a mix in the last eight.