Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich booked their spot on top four in the Champions League this season. On the match day, Barcelona, quite out of form were eliminated by their bitter Spanish Rivals. Antoine Griezmenn netted both the goals for Atletico. Three frontline attackers of Barca went missing on both halves of the game. Barcelona on their camp to defend their Champions League were sorry for their performance and were to blame for themselves for their defeat.
On the other side, Bayern booked their top four spot with an exciting game. Score was levelled, both teams netting two goals but first leg advantage carried Pep's man to the semis of the tournament. The four teams qualifying in the Semis are Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich had Arturo Vidal and Thomas Muller to thank as they battled to a 2-2 draw with Benfica, an outcome which was sufficient to send them through to the Champions League semi-last.
Vidal had scored the victor when the sides met in Munich a week ago and was close by to offset Raul Jimenez's opener amid the main half in Lisbon on Wednesday.
The France universal netted a header and changed over a late punishment to switch a week ago's 2-1 vanquish and send his side through to the semi-finals of the Champions League
Barcelona's season disentangled further in dubious design after the holders were thumped out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, with Antoine Griezmann's twofold securing entry to the semi-finals with 2-0 win at the Vicente Calderon.
Heading into stoppage time and scanning for the objective that would have constrained an additional 30 minutes, Barca were exasperated not to get a punishment when Andres Iniesta's shot struck the arm of Atletico chief Gabi simply inside the case, with the ref rather recompensing a free-kick which Lionel Messi hit over.
Luis Enrique's men had driven 2-1 from the main leg at the end of the day neglected to adapt to the power of an Atletico side who are likewise only three focuses behind them in La Liga and will be floated by this scalp as they look to store included wretchedness onto their Catalan partners locally.
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