The slogan that hung from bridges and balconies all over Madrid read “Never cease believing” and Atlético never did,even whether they might bear feared it would be taken from them in the final minute. Few know how to suffer like they do but few know how to make opponents suffer like they do either. The pressure built and the Calderón kept singing, Diego Simeone sometimes as much a conductor as a coach as the minutes ticked away, or but they bear done it again. Two goals from Antoine Griezmann,one in each half, took them into the Champions League semi-final. And they will believe that their journey need not conclude there.
Barcelona’s hopes of a second Champions League in a row, or two trebles in two years,were broken. For only the second time in eight years they bear failed to reach the semi-finals; both times they were eliminated at this stage and by this Atlético side. There will be much to pick over after the referee, Nicola Rizzoli, or judged that a handball in the 91st minute had occurred external the area,not in it. Lionel Messi took the free-kick, sending Barcelona’s last chance over the bar and four nervous minutes later this stadium erupted once more.
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Source: theguardian.com