Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Junior celebrates with Jude Bellingham after scoring his aspect’s opening aim through the Champions League spherical of 16 second leg match in opposition to RB Leipzig on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, on March 6, 2024.
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Actual Madrid withstood an onslaught from RB Leipzig to safe a 1-1 draw within the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie that despatched them by means of to the quarterfinals with a 2-1 combination victory on Wednesday.
RB Leipzig had been arguably the higher aspect and missed a number of gilt-edged probabilities. However Actual Madrid elevated the tempo within the second half and finally did sufficient to seal their place within the final eight.
Bidding for a record-extending fifteenth Champions League title, Actual took the lead due to a Vinicius Jr strike from a counter assault within the sixty fifth minute. However Leipzig’s Willi Orban levelled the rating three minutes later with a header to arrange a tense ultimate jiffy that included a strike that hit the crossbar by Dani Olmo.
Though Actual have a formidable document in Europe, having been knocked out within the spherical of 16 solely twice previously 14 years whereas successful the title 5 instances throughout that interval, Carlo Ancelotti’s crew started slightly cagily. Leipzig saved threatening to attain, with Orban lacking twice within the second half after taking pictures vast.
Within the second half, Rodrygo changed Eduardo Camavinga and instantly Actual had been enjoying with extra objective. Actual appeared to have put the tie to mattress when Toni Kroos stole the ball and fed Jude Bellingham on the midway line, who took the ball up the Leipzig field.
He slipped a cross to Vinicius, who had minimize in from the left into the centre circle earlier than rifling a shot into the left-hand nook. That aim solely appeared to fireplace up Leipzig, who equalised inside three minutes when Orban received in entrance of Nacho to attain with a stooping header from a cross by David Raum.
In a ultimate 20 minutes by which a number of yellow playing cards had been handed out, Actual had been enjoying with hearth and had been below repeated stress in their very own field with goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, who had already saved Actual within the first leg, compelled to make a number of essential saves. Leipzig virtually took the sport to additional time when Dani Olmo noticed his shot ricochet off the bar in added time. Finally, Actual did simply sufficient to qualify for one more quarterfinal.
Man Metropolis beat Copenhagen 3-1
Holders Manchester Metropolis cruised into the quarterfinals with a 3-1 victory over FC Copenhagen, a tenth consecutive win within the competitors that wrapped up a 6-2 combination triumph.
Metropolis, who began the sport with a two-goal cushion, took care of enterprise early with first-half targets by Manuel Akanji, Julian Alvarez and Erling Haaland. Akanji scored with Metropolis’s first probability, volleying in Alvarez’s nook within the fifth minute.
Alvarez scored his personal 4 minutes later, due to calamitous goalkeeping by Kamil Grabara, who let the Metropolis ahead’s shot slip by means of his fingers seconds after Rodri pinged an effort off the crossbar.
Former Southampton participant Mohamed Elyounoussi pulled one again for the Danish champions within the twenty ninth minute however Metropolis’s goal-scoring machine Haaland slotted residence a low, onerous shot by means of two defenders seconds earlier than halftime, his twenty ninth aim of the season throughout all competitions.
Metropolis will discover out their quarterfinal opponents within the draw on March 15. Metropolis have reached the quarterfinals for the seventh straight season.
