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04/08 16:11 CDT Atletico wins 2-0 at 10-man Barcelona in 1st leg of Champions
League quarterfinal
Atletico wins 2-0 at 10-man Barcelona in 1st leg of Champions League
quarterfinal
By JOSEPH WILSON
Associated Press
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) --- Atletico Madrid scored twice after Barcelona was
reduced to 10 men to earn a valuable 2-0 road win and take the advantage in
their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday.
Barcelona had hemmed Atletico into its box when the hosts received a double
blow that left Hansi Flick's team down a man and behind a goal just before
halftime.
The game-changing sequence started when Atletico's Giuliano Simeone broke free
to latch onto a rare long ball and Barcelona defender Pau Cubars knocked him
down on the edge of the area with only goalkeeper Joan Garca to beat. After
initially showing Cubars a yellow card, the referee changed it to a red
following a video review.
It got worse for Barcelona seconds later when Julin Alvarez curled the
resulting free kick around the defensive barrier and past a flying Garca for
the 45th-minute lead.
Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford tried to rally Barcelona at Camp Nou and kept
the pressure on Atletico despite being undermanned.
But that fightback effort was undone when substitute striker Alexander Sorloth
shrugged off a challenge by Gerard Martn as he moved to the near post and
tapped in a cross from Matteo Ruggeri to double the lead with 20 minutes to
play.
The second leg is in Madrid on Tuesday.
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