LIVE: Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid face off in a great Champions League quarterfinal match

Barcelona loses 2-0 to Atlético de Madrid in it Camp Noufor the first leg of the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League 2025-2026. The match can be seen live on Disney+ Premium Plan (only for South America).

At the start of the match, Marcus Rashford He generated the first dangerous chance with a shot that ended without complications in the hands of Juan Musso.

The answer did not take long to arrive: Julián Álvarez had the clearest response until that moment after overflowing from the left and hitting a left foot shot that Joan García managed to contain in two halves.

At 12 minutes, Rashford appeared dangerous again after a cross from Eric García, but his left-footed definition went just wide. Minutes later, the Englishman managed to push the ball into the back of the net, although the action was invalidated due to offside by Lamine Yamal.

At 29, another very clear play came. Dani Olmo played a filtered pass to Rashford, who managed to push it from a small angle, but Musso excelled with another fantastic save.

Red for Cubarsí and great goal from Julián

When the Blaugranas were playing best, Julián Álvarez filtered a pass into space for Giuliano Simeone, who was brought down by Pau Cubarsí. In the first instance, the referee sanctioned the action with a yellow card, but after the VAR review he corrected his decision and sent off the youth player.

Julián himself took charge of the free kick and signed a masterful execution: he placed the ball in the corner to score 1-0, deepening the impact after the expulsion.

After the expulsion of Pau Cubarsí, Hansi Flick moved the bench and sent Gavi and Fermín López onto the field for the start of the second half.

At 49 minutes, Lamine Yamal left a touch of quality with an exquisite pass for Marcus Rashford, who eluded Juan Musso, but ended up being left without an angle and could not achieve the tie.

10 minutes later, Barcelona was able to tie it after a corner kick. Gavi managed to head the ball, the ball passed by Kounde and Olmo who could not push it to the sigh of the culés fans, who saw another clear wasted opportunity.

At 70 minutes, with Alexander Sørloth already on the court, the mattress team built a great collective play. Matteo Ruggeri sent a precise cross and the Norwegian striker anticipated Gerard Martín’s mark to push the ball and make it 2-0.

In the 78th minute, Cancelo was close to adding time, but the ball hit the post. In the next play, Lamine Yamal tried with a kick, but Musso managed to save it, to continue earning merits, among the best in the game.

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