sport news Atletico Madrid 2-1 Inter Milan (2-2 agg, 3-2 on pens) : LaLiga giants complete ... trends now
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Jan Oblak was the hero as Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League quarterfinals after an epic penalty shoot-out victory over Inter Milan.
The first two penalties were extraordinary. Both Hakan Calhanoglu and Memphis Depay almost took the net off the frame of the goal. Alex Sanchez then sent a tame shot straight down the middle and Oblak saved. Yann Sommer saved from Saul but it didn’t matter because Oblak was inspired and he then pushed away Davy Klaassen’s kick.
Rodrigo Riquelme scored and so did Francesco Acerbi. Angel Correa then hammered his kick home in the style of the first two and when Lautaro Martinez skied the last kick of Inter’s five it was Diego Simeone and Atletico and not Simone Inzaghi and Inter going through.
Simeone had been flat on his face in his own technical area after Riquelme had missed the chance to win this game 30 seconds from the end of time.
He threw himself down in disbelief having previously seen Memphis Depay’s late goal make it 2-1 on the night and 2-2 on aggregate. But he was celebrating at full-time after the shoot-out drama.
Jan Oblak produced two wonderful saves in the penalty shootout to deny Inter Milan
The stopper's heroics saw the LaLiga outfit progress to the last-eight of the Champions League
Inter Milan had taken the lead on the night and doubled their aggregate advantage when Federico Dimarco (right) scored after 33 minutes
Antoine Griezmann hit back for the hosts only two minutes later on a thrilling night of action in Madrid
This was always going to be the tie of the last-16. Inzaghi’s team had won all 12 games played in 2024 but few teams get to take anything away from the Metropolitano – Atletico had won 18 of their 20 games at home this
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