Gameiro shines, Saul scores 'super product', Atletico almost advances

Atletico Madrid have one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals after scoring four away goals in the first leg of their round of 16 tie against Leverkusen.

Playing at home at BayArena, Leverkusen let the visiting team Atletico Madrid dominate and overwhelm from the start. The pressure of the visiting team was concretized by Saul Niguez's goal in the 17th minute. The Spanish player, after trying to dribble the ball on the right wing, had a beautiful arc shot into the top corner of goalkeeper Leno's goal.

Saul's beautiful finish

By the 25th minute, Griezmann had doubled Atletico Madrid's lead. A Leverkusen defender's clearance allowed Kevin Gameiro to dribble straight towards goalkeeper Leno's goal. Under the opponent's challenge, Gameiro passed the ball back to Griezmann, who faced the goalkeeper before finishing.

Griezmann doubled the gap for Atletico Madrid

In the second half, Leverkusen quickly found a goal to reduce the score in the 48th minute. Karim Bellaradi was the one to score. However, just 10 minutes later, the 2-goal gap was once again established when Gameiro scored from the 11m mark after he himself helped Atletico get a penalty.

Gameiro put Atletico Madrid ahead by 2 goals again

Not wanting to suffer a disastrous defeat at home, Leverkusen pressed forward to attack. Their efforts were rewarded with a goal from Atletico Madrid's center-back Savic in the 68th minute. However, in the 86th minute, all hopes of the German team were extinguished by Torres when he scored Atletico Madrid's fourth goal.

Torres extinguishes Leverkusen's hopes

In the end, Atletico Madrid won 4-2 at home against Bayer Leverkusen. Atletico Madrid's advantage was not only the 2-goal difference but also the number of away goals. With this victory, coach Diego Simeone's team has one foot in the quarterfinals of this year's Champions League.

According to TT&VH