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Find the results of this Tuesday evening matches, counting for the round of 16 go to the Champions League.
We are not going to lie: the charm of the
European Cup Always crumbles a little when two clubs from the same country find themselves at high altitude, but there are more exciting posters others, all the same. Like Bayern Munich-Bayer Leverkusen this Wednesday, this Real-Atlético is one. Because almost everything opposes the two clubs in the Spanish capital: their DNA on the green rectangle, their policy and their culture outside.
Less balanced than the previous seasons, Real clearly assumed its offensive approach with an eleven composed of the four galactics: Kylian Mbappé of course, Vinicius, Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham, whose very precise role in the fold was a key to the match. Opposite, the Colchoneros bet on a Griezmann-Julian Alvarez tandem very prolific in recent weeks.
Real avoids the Atlético trap
Not surprisingly, the
Real Held the ball in this derby, but the Ancelotti team had to redouble vigilance to the loss, because this Atlético has shown sufficiently its ability to do a lot with little. Without being more dashing in the construction of the game, the Simeone band can tip certain matches in a form of madness thanks to its shine in the area of truth. Real suffered, but he found the resources to avoid falling into this trap.
We were obviously awaiting a match in the match between the two big stars of French football. It did not really happen, because the two legends of the Blues did not evolve in the same register, and because they are other artists who have taken the light. From the start, Rodrygo plunged the Bernabeu into drunkenness by finding the opening on a wrapped marvel (1-0, 5th). Real then began to go back, and Atlético logically resurfaced by his man in good shape, Julian Alvarez, author of a jewel rivaling with that of Rodrygo for the artistic note, with an even more closed angle (1-1, 32nd).
We also expected a cold Atlético, but the most cynical team is not the one we believe. Against the course of the game, Real resumed the advantage on a beautiful technical chain of Brahim Diaz (2-1, 55th). An advance kept to the end by the title holder. This result does not take Atlético, which will prepare a new plan in its lair next week.
Arsenal strolls to Eindhoven
In the other matches of the day, Aston Villa opened the ball by winning in Bruges in the early evening (3-1). The formation of Unai Emery showered the Belgians at the start of the game on a goal from Bailey (0-1, 3rd), before seeing the locals quickly revolt under the impetus of De Cuyper (1-1, 12th). But the Birmingham club had the last word, Mechele marking against its camp ten minutes from the end (1-2, 83rd), before ASENSIO, loaned by PSG, transformed a penalty (1-3, 87th).
For its part, Arsenal placed a foot and four toes in the quarter-finals, with an impressive victory on the lawn of the PSV Eindhoven, which was not an easy task at the base (7-1). Always deprived of their strong men in the offensive sector like Bukayo Saka or Gabriel Jesus, the Gunners have recited their ranges by finding the net by Timber (18th), Nwaneri (21st), Merino (31st), Odegaard (47th, 73rd), Trossard (48th) and Calafiori (85th). The penalty transformed by Nang does not weigh heavy (43rd). The dice is played in this poster.
