Atlético Madrid were eliminated from the group stage of the European Champions League after a 2-2 draw against visiting Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday in the fifth round of the tournament.
Two players, Yannick Carrasco and Rodrigo de Paul, signed the Atlético Madrid double in the 22nd and 50th minutes respectively.
While two goals of the German club were scored by footballers Moussa Diaby and Callum Hudson-Odoi in two minutes (9, 29) respectively.
At the end of the match there was a unique incident, the French referee Clement Turpin blew the final whistle after the sixth minute of settlement time instead of losing, but received a signal from the VAR video room that a violation had occurred. in the penalty area of the German team, and indeed he awarded a penalty to Atlético Madrid after returning to video, but the goalkeeper Bayer Leverkusen saved Carrasco to return to Saul Niguez who followed him with a header, but the ball hit the crossbar to go to Atlético defender Reinildo Mandawa, who hit him but collided with his Belgian counterpart and went off the field before the French referee blew the final whistle again.
Atlético Madrid remained in third place with 5 points, were officially excluded from the Champions League and will compete with Bayer Leverkusen for the Europa League play-off qualifier.
While Porto beat host Belgian club Brugge 4-0, who had qualified for the round of 16 since the last matchday, the team accompanied Portugal in the same round.
Source: RT