Moroccan star Hakim Ziyech scored a decisive goal for Chelsea and led them to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of Atlético de Madrid, and Bayern Munich continued their impressive results and swept Lazio 6-2 on aggregate.
And Chelsea continued his career in the most expensive tournament at the club level and qualified for the quarter-finals in a search for a new title after winning the 2012 edition.
Chelsea decided the confrontation thanks to goals from Hakim Ziyech in the 34th minute and Emerson in the third minute of the calculated time, instead of lost for the second half.
And Chelsea had outperformed the first leg by one goal, to win the blue team the nomination card for the next round by winning 3-0 in the aggregate of the two round matches.
Chelsea doubles its aggregate lead vs.
Atletico Madrid!
Absolutely clinical on the counter, with Timo Werner teeing up Hakim Ziyech #UCL
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- Planet Fútbol (@si_soccer) March 17, 2021
Atletico Madrid ended the match with ten men after Montenegrin player Stefan Savic was sent off in the 82nd minute, for deliberately hitting German defender Antonio Rudiger in the elbow.
With this victory, Chelsea maintained their unbeaten record for the 13th game in a row since German Thomas Tuchel took over as coach in January, succeeding coach Frank Lampard.
Chelsea did not suffer a defeat since losing 2-0 to Leicester City in the English Premier League on January 19, after which it achieved 9 wins and 4 draws with Tuchel.
By qualifying for Chelsea, English football proved its superiority on the European stage after all its three representatives qualified in the semi-finals to the quarter-finals, after Liverpool and Manchester City booked their seats also with the Big Eight earlier, while the fourth actor, Manchester United, left the championship from the group stage.
On the other hand, this loss comes to constitute another shock to the fans of Atletico, who were dreaming of their team winning the Champions League for the first time in its history, and it also doubles the concern of its fans that this European exit will cast a shadow on the team's career in the Spanish League, which Atletico sits on His lead, especially after the difference that separates him from Barcelona's closest chasers has decreased to 4 points, 11 stages before the end of the local competition.
Real Madrid, the record holder for the number of times in the championship with 13 titles, is the only representative of Spanish football currently in the competition, after Barcelona and Seville were eliminated from the final price.
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quick rebound finished by Chubu Moting against Lazio # European Champions League # Munich # Lazio pic.twitter.com/KLJLHmntul
- beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) March 17, 2021
On the other hand, Bayern Munich went to their confrontation against Lazio without exerting much effort after qualifying in the first leg at the opponent's stadium 4-1, and only scored two goals through Robert Lewandowski in the 33rd minute from a penalty kick and Cameroonian Maxime Chubu Moting in the 73rd minute, and Marco Barolo scored Lazio's only goal in the 82nd minute, the club qualified for the next round, winning 6-2 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich hit a new record in the prestigious European Championship, reaching the quarter-finals for the 19th time, surpassing Barcelona's Spanish record, which reached the same round 18 times.
Introducing your 2020/21 quarter-finalists!
🏆 Predict the champion… # UCL pic.twitter.com/we74XekV76
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The quarter-final draw will be held on Friday, and English football has the largest presence in this round with 3 teams, followed by German football, which has two teams in this role, while Spanish, French and Portuguese football will be attended by one team.