Moments later, substitute Fermin Lopez, fresh on for Flick, met a Yamal pass with a free header, only to be denied by Atl\u00e9tico goalkeeper Juan Musso. Unfortunately, the goalkeeper\u2019s studs struck Lopez flush across the face and nose. (25.) Blood gushed from his face, forcing a several-minute stoppage for treatment, yet the 22-year-old eventually returned to the fray.<\/p>\n
The lengthy stoppage initially favoured the Rojiblancos. Moments after play resumed, Antoine Griezmann released Fernando Llorente, who in turn fed Ademola Lookman in the centre; the winger finished calmly to make it 1-2 (31). That proved to be the final score in a contest that stayed enthralling throughout the second half.<\/p>\n
Ferran Torres\u2019s 55th-minute effort was ruled out for offside, and although Bar\u00e7a kept pressing for a third, Atl\u00e9tico turned to super-sub Alexander S\u00f6rloth. The Norwegian replaced Griezmann in the 76th minute to a standing ovation, and within 60 seconds had ghosted behind the defence, only to be hauled down by Eric Garcia\u2019s last-ditch challenge.
\nAs in the first leg, Barcelona finished the match with ten men, yet this time the decision was unlikely to provoke controversy.<\/p>\n
Despite their numerical disadvantage, Bar\u00e7a kept pushing, and substitute Ronald Araujo missed a golden opportunity to make it 3\u20131 shortly before the eight minutes of added time expired.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bar\u00e7a are eliminated from the Champions League, while Atl\u00e9tico will face the winner of Arsenal versus Sporting Lisbon in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moments later, substitute Fermin Lopez, fresh on for Flick, met a Yamal pass with a free header, only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[179,188,92,187,3368,3367,186,2376],"class_list":{"0":"post-4735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-atletico-madrid","9":"tag-atletico-madrid-vs-barcelona","10":"tag-barcelona","11":"tag-champions-league","12":"tag-f-lopez","13":"tag-f-torres","14":"tag-h-flick","15":"tag-l-yamal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}