Atletico Madrid claim Europa League quarter finals

  16 March 2018    Read: 1875
Atletico Madrid claim Europa League quarter finals

Beating Lokomotiv Moscow 5-1 in Europa League round of 16 second leg, Atletico Madrid go to last 8.

 

Atletico Madrid from Spain claimed a ticket for the UEFA Europa League quarter finals after beating Russian opponents Lokomotiv Moscow 5-1 in Europa League Round of 16 second leg on Thursday evening.

Hosted by Lokomotiv Moscow, Atletico Madrid took the lead in the 16th minute of the match as Angel Correa found the net.

Home team Lokomotiv Moscow equalized the level in the 20th minute when Maciej Rybus put the ball into the Atletico net. The first half ended 1-1.

Atletico then scored an early goal in the second half as midfielder Saul Niguez made it 2-1.

The Spanish club's 33-year-old veteran striker Fernando Torres scored twice in the 65th and 70th minutes. Atletico Madrid's French star Antoine Griezmann's late goal sealed the result of the match at 5-1.

So title contenders Atletico Madrid booked their place in the Europa League quarter finals. The Spanish previously won the first leg 3-0 in Madrid.

Atletico won the Europa League titles in 2010 and 2012.


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