Manchester United and Ajax in the Football Champions League ended the quarterfinals.
On Tuesday, Atletico Madrid grabbed a 1-0 victory away from United on the away field and advanced from the match pair by 2-1.
Benfica also made its way to the semi-finals, defeating Ajax 1-0. The success of the Lisbon Group came with a combined result of 3–2.
United has missed the top team from Manchester City in the English Premier League by as much as 20 points, and the Champions League also missed a bone. Atletico is Spain’s reigning champion, but the current season has been sluggish for him as the team is fourth on the league table.
United came into their home game sharply, and Anthony Elanga took the lead 13 minutes into the game, making the score 0 – 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. However, the ball ended up being Elanga’s flat-headed goalkeeper Jan Oblakin face. Atletico was close to the opening three minutes later, however David de Gea stretched into a handsome fight Rodrigo De Paulin In the shot.
United kept the ball out of reach for the home side’s central defense after 80 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score to make it 0 – 1. The Atletico fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. The only hit left in the match came from a handsome attack when Antoine Griezmann centered and Renan Lodi pushed in from the front 41 minutes into the match.
Among other things, United’s superstar Cristiano Ronaldo protested about the shirt pulling he was the victim of.
In the second half, United continued to grind and continued to push the game into the away half of the field. United Jadon Sancho Oblak’s Raphael Varanen looked like he knew exactly where he wanted to put the ball, but unfortunately his shot went wide of the left hand post. In the end, however, United’s letter remained ineffective against his heavily defended opponent.
Benfica claimed a win from Ajax’s home field
Ajax liked the ball clearly to Benfica, but it did not score. The only hit of the match was seen in the 77th minute when Benfican Darwin Nunez fired the ball into the free kick of the net.
The quarter-finals will see Lille-Chelsea and Juventus-Villarreal on Wednesday.
Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester City and Real Madrid had already secured their semi-finals.