CHAMPIONS’ LEAGUE
QUARTER FINAL, RETURN
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)–Atlético Madrid (Spain) 4–2 (2–0)
Dortmund, Westfalenstadion, 81 365 viewer. Led by: Vincic (Slovenian)
DORTMUND: Kobel – Ryerson, Hummels, N. Schlotterbeck, Maatsen – Sabitzer, Can – Adeyemi (Bynoe-Gittens, 66.), Brandt (Reus, 90.), Sancho (Özcan, 86.) – Füllkrug. Head coach: Edin Terzic
ATLÉTICO: Oblak – Molina (Pablo Barrios, on break), Witsel, Giménez, Hermoso, Azpilicueta (Riquelme, on break) – M. Llorente, Koke, De Paul (Saúl, 84) – Álvaro Morata (Á. Correa, on break) , Griezmann. Head coach: Diego Simeone
Scorer: Brandt (34th), Maatsen (39th), Füllkrug (71st), Sabitzer (74th), or Hummels (49. – own goal), Á. Correa (64.)
Passed on: a Borussia Dortmund, 5-4 on aggregate
Just as last week the “Odavágó” started with a huge domestic situation, the second leg also started with a big domestic jump: in the 2nd minute, a flat pass from the left found Marcel Sabitzer completely empty 10 meters from the goal, but he did not shoot immediately, but took it the ball, so César Azpilicueta was able to save by sliding in from nowhere. In response, Álvaro Morata came out alone following less than a minute, dribbled through Dortmund’s half, and then placed a few inches near the bottom left. So the parties set the right tone for the excellent match, but in the continuation, Atlético might not cause much trouble in front of Dortmund’s goal, rather the hosts, driven by more than 81,000 fans, played football in superiority. As a result, in the last quarter of an hour, the German team reversed the overall score in five minutes, first Julian Brandtthen scoring his first BL goal Ian Maatsen – who played a role in Atlético’s advantage in the tiebreaker – he found out.
The Spanish defense was insecure several times, and Diego Simone also felt this, as he tried to straighten things out with three substitutions, and the fact that he was successful shows that the picture of the game changed quickly following the break. Atleti threw themselves into the game with great vehemence, s Mats Hummels own goal the beautification was done quickly. And a quarter of an hour later, the equalizer came, which meant that the Spaniards would advance: Atlético produced a real fireworks show in front of Borussia’s goal, which was completely trapped. Angel Correa he cut the ball bouncing in front of him in the upper left corner (2-2). However, BVB did not collapse, turning to the last twenty minutes Niklas Füllkrug copied Ádám Szalai’s first goal for the national team: from the pass coming from the right, he slid into the upper left corner with a defender on his neck, so that the ball went off the post and into the net. And three minutes later Marcel Sabitzer he corrected his mistake at the beginning of the match, and when his 17-meter shot ended up in the goal, Dortmund was once once more in a position to advance. Atlético had no answer to this in the remaining quarter of an hour, so Borussia Dortmund reached the semi-finals. 4–2
After September 1979, Atlético bid farewell to an international cup series once morest a German team, while Dortmund once more reached the semi-finals of the Champions League following 2013.
