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April 13, 2016

Breaking News: Atletico Madrid beats Barcelona

Breaking News:  Atletico Madrid beats Barcelona

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi stands after Atletico’s second goal during the Champions League quarter-final second leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid VS FC Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 13, 2016. / AFP PHOTO

Club Atletico de Madrid has beaten FC Barcelona  2 – 0 in the  Champions League quarter-final second leg football match at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid.

Argentinian forward Lionel Messi could not save his team as FC Barcelona in the derby

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi stands after Atletico’s second goal during the Champions League quarter-final second leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid VS FC Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 13, 2016. / AFP PHOTO

W hile Bayern Munich  advanced to the semi-finals by eliminating Benfica Atletico Madrid ousted holders Barcelona from the Champions League at the quarter-final stage on Wednesday.

Atletico overturned a 2-1 first-leg deficit with a 2-0 win against Barca at the Vicente Calderon secured thanks to an Antoine Griezmann brace.

Bayern progressed with a 2-2 draw in Lisbon seeing them beat Benfica 3-2 on aggregate, Arturo Vidal and Thomas Mueller getting the goals for the German side.

Atletico and Bayern join Real Madrid and Manchester City in the draw for the last four.

Champions League quarter-final, second leg results on Wednesday:

At Madrid

Atletico Madrid (ESP) 2 (Griezmann 36, 88-pen) Barcelona (ESP) 0

Atletico Madrid win 3-2 on aggregate

At Lisbon

Benfica (POR) 2 (Jimenez 27, Anderson Talisca 76) Bayern Munich (GER) 2 (Vidal 38, Mueller 52)

Bayern Munich win 3-2 on aggregate

Played Tuesday

At Manchester, England

Man City (ENG) 1 (De Bruyne 76) Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 0

Man City win 3-2 on aggregate

At Madrid

Real Madrid (ESP) 3 (Ronaldo 16, 17, 77) Wolfsburg (GER) 0

Real Madrid win 3-2 on aggregate

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