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LIVE: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: RB LEIPZIG 2-1 ATLETICO MADRID

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It’s all over! Leipzig are in the semifinals for the first time in their history!!!!

It’s 2 minutes beyond the added time.

Yellow card – Gimenez

We’re over the allotted 5 minutes of added time, but still we play on… free kick to Leipzig, and surely that’s it?

90+5 min: Atletico Madrid are throwing men forward now, but they’re running out of time. There’s a Leipzig man down complaining of cramp

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FIVE MINUTES ADDED TIME:

GOAL! RB Leipzig 2-1 Atletico Madrid (Adams)

88 min: It’s a great flick around the corner from Sabitzer for Angelino, who finds substitute Adams in the middle. He takes a long range shot, and it takes an awful deflection to go past Oblak and into the goal!

GOAL! RB Leipzig 2-1 Atletico Madrid (Adams)

88 min: It’s a great flick around the corner from Sabitzer for Angelino, who finds substitute Adams in the middle. He takes a long range shot, and it takes an awful deflection to go past Oblak and into the goal!

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GOAL!!!!!!OAL! RB Leipzig 2-1 Atletico Madrid (Adams)

Atletico Madrid have scored in each of their last 19 games in all competitions – last enjoying a longer scoring run in 2012 (24 games).82 mins

SUBSTITUTIONS

RB Leipzig 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Goalscorer Dani Olmo is off and is replaced by Patrik Schick and Christopher Nkunku comes off for Amadou Haidara.

João Félix has scored four goals in his three European quarter-final appearances, having hit a hat-trick for Benfica against Eintracht Frankfurt in last season’s UEFA Europa League first leg.That spot kick made it six goals from six penalties for him in senior football – the last three in UEFA club competition.

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81mins:

Under 10 minutes to go

Remember, there are no second legs. This one’s going to extra time if the teams can’t be separated in the next 9 minutes

78MIN: Substitution: Adams (in)Laimer (out) (Leipzig).

77 min: Leipzig now have to come again, as it looks like Atletico are content to sit back again

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Subs: Atletico: Morata comes on for Costa

Leipzig: Adams comes on for Laimer

PENALTY KICK!!!

PENALTY TO ATLETICO MADRID

It’s that man Joao Felix! He plays a one-two with Costa and he’s into the box, brought down around the penalty spot just before he takes a shot

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63 min: Felix wins a free kick for his side

Yellow card – Lodi

61 min: Lodi knocks the ball past his man in the box and he goes down!

No contact whatsoever, and he’s given a yellow card for diving

58 mins

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SUBSTITUTION

RB Leipzig 1-0 Atletico Madrid

Diego Simeone twists after just 13 minutes of the second half played.

Hector Herrera is off and £113m Joao Felix joins the attack.

58 mins

SUBSTITUTION

RB Leipzig 1-0 Atletico Madrid

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Diego Simeone twists after just 13 minutes of the second half played.

Hector Herrera is off and £113m Joao Felix joins the attack.

Gooooal!

Olmo (Leipzig) scores!

GOAL! RB Leipzig 1-0 Atletico Madrid (Olmo)

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51 min: Finally! They work it well, and Olmo finds some space in the box to guide a header straight past Oblak, who can’t get near it with his outstretched hand

2nd Half KICK-OFF

RB Leipzig 0-0 Atletico Madrid

We are back under way in Lisbon.

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45+2 mins

Half Time

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RB Leipzig 0-0 Atletico Madrid

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RB free-kick though.

41 mins: RB Leipzig 0-0 Atletico Madrid

Marcos Llorente rolls his way towards the advertising hoardings after an excellent tackle by Dayot Upamecano. He’s OK despite giving the appearance his career was over.

Atletico have a corner but it’s cleared.

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RB Leipzig 0-0 Atletico Madrid

As if by magic, the blood has disappeared from the head of Marcel Halstenberg while Stefan Savic has a big bandage wrapped around his head.

We continue.

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RB Leipzig 0-0 Atletico Madrid

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As if by magic, the blood has disappeared from the head of Marcel Halstenberg while Stefan Savic has a big bandage wrapped around his head.

We continue.

Ouch! That looked like it hurt and Savić is bleeding heavily. That kind of full-blooded commitment is exactly what Simeone demands from his players.

35mins: Medical attention:

Savic and Halstenberg are down after they come together at speed, their heads knocking together. The ref stops the match so they can be checked out

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Savic looks the worst out of the two, and Felipe is warming up just in case

28 min: Diego Simeone is waving his imaginary yellow card as one of his men is once again brought down unfairly. The referee has kept his cards in his pocket so far though

26 min: RB Leipzig are able to swing a cross in though, and it’s a very good one, aimed at the tall defenders who had come forward right into that corridor of uncertainty, but Atleti get it clear

MATCH SO FAR RB LEIPZIG 0-0 ATLETICO MADRID

·  Atlético face Leipzig in #UCL quarter-final

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·  Simeone’s side force 2 saves from Gulácsi

·  Bright opening from Nagelsmann’s men

·  Winners face Paris in semi-finals

21 mins ;RB Leipzig 0-0 Atletico Madrid

Crucial clearance by German defender Marcel Halstenberg from Yannick Carrasco’s free-kick to the far post – Marcos Llorente was lurking behind the RB man.

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Atletico are right back in this match after RB’s earlier good spell.

19 min: Another free kick for Atletico Madrid in a decent position. Their players have been getting free in the box so far thanks to zonal marking.

Carrasco teases one in, and Saul is waiting for it before Halstenberg gets it clear

19 min: Another free kick for Atletico Madrid in a decent position. 

15 min: The VAR check is taking a while, and in the meantime Leipzig are on the attack down the middle. It’s switched out to the left side, but the cross is headed away by Savic.

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No penalty, by the way, after a three minute check

12 min: Lovely work from Carrasco and Lodi down the left, and the shot fizzes in towards Gulacsi’s near post, who parries it away for a corner.

Saul Niguez gets in a little tangle with the keeper and goes down in the box looking for a penalty, VAR are checking

4mins: Halstenberg (Leipzig) misses the target.

Giménez heads the corner clear and, from a second cross from the left, the ball falls to Halstenberg, who volleys a decent opportunity well over the far angle of Oblak’s goal from inside the penalty area on the right. This has been a positive start from Leipzig, looking confident and energetic.

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2mins: Diego Costa (Atlético) is flagged for offside.

Atletico kicked off.

Leipzig make seven changes from last outing. Atlético bring in four from last match. German side make quarter-finals debut. Winners face Paris in semi-finals

KICK-OFF: The match is under way.

A minute’s silence will be observed before kick-off to honour all victims of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TEAMS ARRIVE ON THE PITCH

RB Leipzig are out onto the pitch first, followed by Atletico Madrid separately making their way onto the pitch to promote social distancing

COVID -19 PROTOCOLS

There are a lot of rules in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus during the Champions League knockout stages. 

Portugal is playing host to the rest of the competition, and two-legged ties are a thing of the past.

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Each squad has been allocated a hotel and training area that is separate from the rest of the teams, and you need permission to leave.

There’s rigorous testing in place, and if you can’t field a squad of 13 healthy players, you automatically lose 3-0.

Each club has been allocated 210 bottles of water to use per day, and warm-ups cannot be done inside penalty areas in order to protect the pitch.

Action continues tonight in the UEFA Champions League as german side, RB Leipzig  face La Liga side, Atletico Madrid.

It is the third match of the quarterfinal series. Both teams coincidentally overcame Premiership sides, Tottenham and Liverpool.

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Diego Simeone ‘s Atletico Madrid will be hoping to make another final having seen Real Madrid exit in the last round, as their rivals caused them heartache in the 2014 and 2016 finals.

RB Leipzig finished third in the Bundesliga will be hoping to continue their impressive form without Timo Werner who helped them to this stage, now that he has signed for Chelsea.

RB LEIPZIG

Starting XI: Gulacsi, Angelino, Upamecano, Sabitzer, Poulsen, Klostermann, Nkunku, Halsternberg, Olmo, Laimer, Kampl

Subs: Mvogo, Tschauner, Orban, Haigara, Forsberg, Adams, Lookman, Schick, Mukiele, Novoa, Borkowski, Wosz

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ATLETICO MADRID

Starting XI: Oblak, Lodi, Gimenez, Savic, Trippier, Carrasco, Saul, Koke, Herrera, Llorente, Costa

Subs: Adan, Arias, Felipe, Hermoso, Sanchez, Thomas, Lemar, Vitolo, Toni Moya, Joao Felix, Morata, Saponjic

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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David strikes as Lille end Real’s long unbeaten run

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A first-half penalty earned Lille a shock 1-0 home victory over holders Real Madrid in the Champions League group phase on Wednesday, ending the 15-times European Cup winners’ 14-game unbeaten run in the competition.

Jonathan David converted from the spot three minutes into first-half stoppage time to hand Real, who had not lost in their previous 36 matches in all competitions, their first defeat since January.

The result put Ligue 1 side Lille on three points from two games in the new format of Europe’s premier club competition.

Real, who won their opening match against VfB Stuttgart, are also on three points.

“On the penalty, I try to focus, to keep calm to take a good shot but I’m confident when it comes to taking penalties,” David said. “It has not sunk in yet but it’s a memorable night.”

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Real keeper Andriy Lunin said his team had lacked their usual aggression.

“It’s difficult to analyse right after. (We lacked) aggression, creativity, in the end, what we always have,” he said.

“To fight a bit more. In the second half we showed more desire, but in the first half we were worse, that’s obvious. We want to win because we know what colours we’re playing in. But that’s OK. Courage, keep working and prepare for the next game.”

Carlo Ancelotti’s side started with Kylian Mbappe, who joined from Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain in June, on the bench after the France captain picked up a muscle injury last week.

Real’s Vinicius Jr. had the first chance with a low shot in the sixth minute as the visitors controlled the pace and the second came when Endrick’s close-range attempt was blocked by Lucas Chevalier.

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Lille went close to opening the scoring after 26 minutes when Andriy Lunin made a spectacular double save to deny David, first from the forward’s header, then by tipping away the Canadian’s follow-up shot.

Their relentless pressure paid off in stoppage time when Eduardo Camavinga handled Edon Zhegrova’s free kick.

A VAR review ensued and David confidently converted the resulting penalty.

The hosts continued to apply pressure in the second half, refusing to sit back and wait as Real enjoyed possession, cutting off the supply to England midfielder Jude Bellingham.

Ancelotti sent Mbappe and Luka Modric on to replace Endrick and Eder Militao and Lille survived a late Real onslaught to hang on for the victory.

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-Reuters

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Ancelotti makes no excuses after Real’s shock defeat at Lille

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Defending champions Real Madrid failed to show the best version of themselves in a shock 1-0 Champions League defeat at Lille on Wednesday and must accept the criticism that comes their way, manager Carlo Ancelotti said.

Lille pressed relentlessly and took the win courtesy of a Jonathan David penalty in first-half stoppage time to hand Ancelotti’s team their first defeat in all competitions since January.

Real Madrid – record 15-times Champions League winners – have three points after two matches following their opening win over VfB Stuttgart.

“Everything was pretty bad. We did badly with the ball, although the team was quite compact in the first half, it was difficult for us to recover the ball, it was difficult for us to make transitions,” Ancelotti told reporters.

“We tried to be a little more aggressive, but it was difficult for us. So… We have to look at things with a cool head, not throw everything away. But obviously we have to improve.

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“I am very sincere. The criticism for today’s game is fair, correct and we have to accept it because it is like that. We have not shown a good version in this game.”

Ancelotti said Lille “deserved” to win despite Real’s improved showing in the second half of the match.

“It was difficult for us to get into the game at the level of intensity, at the level of duels, at the level of clarity of play,” the Italian added.

“Obviously, the game could have been tied because we had opportunities at the end, but it wasn’t deserved.

“So we have to learn, as it happened the last time we lost a game, learn from what we have to improve, which is quite clear. I think it’s not very complicated.”

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Real, who are second in the LaLiga standings with 18 points, next host third-placed Villarreal on Saturday.

-Reuters

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Lookman shines as Atalanta outclass Shakhtar

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Ademola Lookman scored one goal and was heavily involved in the other two to drive Atalanta to a 3-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Wednesday as the Italians outclassed their Ukrainian opponents in Gelsenkirchen.

Atalanta have four points from two games, having held Arsenal to a 0-0 draw in their opening match, and Shakhtar remained on one point, after they played out a scoreless draw in the first game against Italian side Bologna.

Atalanta went ahead in the 21st minute when Lookman curled a cross into the area which found Berat Djimsiti in front of goal and he controlled the ball before poking it past the keeper.

Atalanta doubled the lead a minute before the break when Sead Kolasinac squared a pass to Lookman in the middle of the area and the Nigerian struck a first-time shot through the legs of his marker Marlon Gomes into the bottom corner of the net.

The game was all but over as a contest three minutes into the second half after Lookman played the ball out wide to Davide Zappacosta and his cross into the six-yard box was headed home by Raoul Bellanova.

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At 3-0, Lookman, who also hit the crossbar in the first half, was taken off with over half an hour to play, his work done for the night and the tie ended with the same scoreline as the last time the sides met in the Champions League in 2019.

-Reuters

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