OR Atletico Madrid continued victorious in the League Phase of the Champions League, beating Slovan Bratislava 3-1 at home. In the other match he made “crosses” at 19:45, h Lil returned to the “three points”, winning with… force from Sturm Graz (3-2), a result – however – that brings it very close to the next phase of the competition.
Lille beat Sturm Graz 3-2 in France with two games to go before the League Phase final of Champions League took a decisive step to qualify for the next phase of the competition, as one of the best 8 in the standings, reaching 13 points. At the same time, Atletico Madrid had a comfortable match against Slovan Bratislava (3-1) and reached 12 points (10or position).
Atletico Madrid – Slovan Bratislava 3-1
Although Slovan Brstislavas showed a competitive face, it was Atlético Madrid who were in control of the game and opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Lino broke into the visitors’ box and laid the ball through to Alvarez, with the Argentinian forward latching on to a stunning right-footed volley from the height of the box and past Takacs for 1-0.
The image of the match did not change, with Atlético having a great moment in the 38th minute, with Takacs “taking out” Lino’s close header. 2-0 finally came in the 42nd minute, with Antoine Griezmann scoring his third goal of this League Phase.
At the start of the second half and against the flow of the match, Slovan Bratislava managed to reduce it to 2-1. After an onfield review, the referee awarded a penalty and David Strelets hit the target. Atlético Madrid’s reaction was immediate, with Antoine Griezmann scoring his second goal of the match and making the final 3-1 in the 57th minute.
Lille – Sturm Graz 3-2
Lille had the upper hand in the match against Sturm Graz and managed to turn their superiority into a goal in the 37th minute. After an exemplary development by the hosts, Osam Sahrawi managed to make it 1-0 with a shot from the small area and position on the left.
The finale of the first part was impressive. In the second minute of stoppage time Lille made it 2-0 through Mitchell Bakker, but Sturm Graz responded and reduced it to 2-1 on 45+5 through Otar Kiteisvili. The visitors didn’t stop there, since at the start of the replay (47′) they reached 2-2 with Mika Bierem.
Lille pressed for the rest of the match to get the winning goal and in the 71st minute saw Kudiakov say an impressive ‘no’ to Baker’s effort. finally, 3-2 for the French came in the 81′ from Haraldsson.
For the penultimate matchday of the Leagua Phase of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid have a demanding home match against Bayer Leverkusen, while Slovan Bratislava will host Stuttgart. At the same time, Lille will go to the home of Liverpool, while they will play in Bergamo against Atalanta.