The Portuguese Porto sett the top of the second group of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid, from continuing his continental career in “Europa League” by defeating him 2-1 on Tuesday in the last sixth round.
After 30 minutes had elapsed since the game’s beginning, Porto decided the three match points by leading the Iranian Mahdi Tarmi since the fifth minute before Canadian Stephen Ostakio added a second goal in the 24th.
Atlético agreed after the game had already started and had a few chances, but he had to wait until stoppage time to score thanks to a mistake by Spanish player Ivan Marcano, who turned the ball after a corner kick “5+90.”
Porto, the 1987 and 2004 competition champions, advanced to the last round of the Champions League, ensuring his qualification. However, Belgian team Bruges Bruges, who trailed Porto by a point, waived the lead in favour of coach Sergio Konsisao’s squad after drawing with their host Bayer Leverkusen without scoring.
Leverkusen took third place from Atletico after the Spanish club lost 0-2 and drew 2-2 to the German team in the previous round. As a result, Leverkusen will now continue his continental career in the “Europa League,” where the qualifying attaché is competing for the top prize.
Atletico, on the other side, suffered its third loss in this group, leaving its Argentine coach Diego Simeone empty-handed after finishing second in 1974, 2014, and 2016.
Source: Organizations.
Champions League. Porto ends the continental career of Atletico and decides the lead
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