Champions League quarterfinals set after Real Madrid, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Dortmund Advance

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This season Uefa Champions League The quarterfinals were set after the last four rounds of 16 second leg matches on Wednesday.

Trophy holder and a record 15-patch European champion Real Madrid Top rival rival Atlético Madrid On penalty kicks in the most vulnerable competition.

Atléti won the match at home 1-0 to send a series of Home and Home, Total-Coals-Wins to Tiebreaker, where Real Madrid Center is back Antonio Rüdiger ended with 12 meters after Julian Alvarez and Marcos Llorente Missed for Diego Simeone men.

Earlier, a German club Borussia Dortmund Prevailed last week’s failure to win home in front of his “Yellow Wall” by Diehard, reacting by winning 2-1 over Lille In France, to take home and home, Total goals win the series.

And in England both final remaining representatives of the Premier League took care of the job Arsenal and Aston villa completed their collective route from Psv eindhoven and Brugge Clubthat is.

Here are three fast thoughts on Wednesday.

Real Madrid repeat that

Even when the European club is lost, it finds a way to win. Atlético’s Conor Gallagher He scored the only goal of the affair on Wednesday less than a minute, but not even a missed penalty in the second half of the Brazilian superstar Vini Jr. He could eventually prevent Real from overcoming.

Atléti did everything possible to reach another goal he needed to avoid extra time, surpassing visitors 17-10 (8-3 on the target).

But just as they had on other occasions in recent years in the League of Champions League, Real Madrid rode his happiness. And if Alvarez’s seemingly successful creeping attempt was not canceled by the video assistant, who noticed a double touch while the Argentine striker slid just before his blow, the outcome could be different.

Who do we joke about? Although the result could disappoint the neutrals that are painful from seeing the right to raise European European most desire for silver every year, no one can be surprised. Victory is what Real Madrid does at The Champions Leagie. Of course they survived. And of course they remain favorites to search for another title this May.

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Dortmund shows a character in the return of Lille

Lille’s players probably thought they had done a difficult part by securing 1-1 last week in 81,000 seats Westfalenstadation.

So when the Canadian striker Jonathan David He gave the hosts a 1-0 lead (and 2-1 advantage on the aggregate) only five minutes in a return leg in Pierre-Mauroy’s stages about 125 miles north of Paris, supporters Lille could be forgiven for dreamed of in the last 8.

And why not? Dortmund was awesome all season in the home game. BVB sits in 10th place in the Bundesliga. They changed managers in the middle of the season. It would be easy for visitors to fall apart.

Instead, last year’s losing finalists showed a fight that brought them last year to the most important match of Club Soccer against the chance. Shortly after veterans defenders Emre can converted an equalizer from the criminal place at the beginning of the second half, Maximilian Beier The winner encouraged a beautiful shot that stood up as a decisive goal:

Dortmund will meet now Barcelona Next month with a trip to half -time on the line.

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Arsenal, Aston Villa now carries the hopes of England

On Wednesday, the Gunners-PSV match in London, he became anti -climctic when Arsenal hung 7-1 on the Dutch side last week; Arsenal fans will not even worry that visitors saved some pride by drawing 2-2-sided Mikel Arteta returned among the best European eight clubs in the second year.

On the other hand, the supporters of the villas are in the country of dreams. The qualification for the Champions League was a triumph for a club that spent three seasons in the second level of England from 2016-19.

Getting one of the weaker enemies remained on the ground did not hurt, but Tim Unai Emery also earned it, after last week’s 3-1 victory over Bruggge, Belgium, on Wednesday at Birmingham 3-0.

WITH Manchester City Shockingly eliminated before the 16th round and Liverpool Almost as surprisingly bounced the fourth, there were shootings or villains to become the first English club to reach the Champions League final of 2023.

It won’t be easy: Emery & Co. will face. Paris Saint-Germainwhile the powerful Real Madrid stands on Arsenal’s path.

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Doug Mcintyre is a football writer for Fox Sports that covered United States Men’s and women’s national teams on the FIFA World Cup on five continents. Follow him on @Bydougmcintyre.

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