Atletico Madrid knocked holders Barcelona out of the Champions League with a 2-0 victory, while Bayern Munich fought back to eliminate Benfica.
Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid join Real Madrid and Manchester City in the Champions League semi-finals.
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Fernando Torres was suspended for this tie after his goal and red card at Camp Nou, but Luis Suarez returned for the visitors.
Atletico Madrid knocked holders Barcelona out of the Champions League with a 2-0 victory, while Bayern Munich fought back to eliminate Benfica.
Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid join Real Madrid and Manchester City in the Champions League semi-finals.
For more coverage of Atletico Madrid 2-0 Barcelona, click over to our sister site Football-Espana.net
Fernando Torres was suspended for this tie after his goal and red card at Camp Nou, but Luis Suarez returned for the visitors.
Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli had a tough job on his hands and a scuffle broke out early on between Filipe Luis and Gerard Pique.
Atleti took the lead when Antoine Griezmann was left unmarked to nod Saul’s cross past Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.
Neymar had Barcelona’s first shot on target on 42 minutes, but Ter Stegen had a more difficult task beating away Carrasco’s snapshot on the stroke of half-time.
Atletico Madrid continued to have the better chances despite sterile Barcelona possession, as on 53 minutes Saul Niguez saw another looping header thump the top of the crossbar.
It got increasingly tetchy as Barça dominated possession without much to show for it, as Luis Suarez’s elbow left Diego Godin with a nasty black eye, earning only a yellow card.
Just as Barcelona were pouring forward, they were caught on the counter when Andres Iniesta clearly handled in the box, but somehow avoided a red card. Griezmann’s penalty squirmed just past Ter Stegen into the near bottom corner to double Atleti’s lead.
A goal from Barcelona would’ve forced extra time and the Blaugrana were furious with Italian referee Rizzoli when Godin was penalised for handball with a free kick on the edge of the box, even though replays suggest his arm was insde.
Bayern Munich recovered from an early shock in Portugal when Jimenez took advantage of Manuel Neuer missing an Eliseu cross to nod Benfica in front.
Raul Jimenez threatened a second by testing Neuer, but Arturo Vidal got into gear by forcing a save with his header under the bar and then scoring the equaliser.
Ederson did well to palm away a cross, but could do nothing on Vidal’s fierce volley from the edge of the box.
Bayern turned it all around after the restart when a corner was knocked down by Javi Martinez for Thomas Muller to tap in at full stretch.
Benfica’s heads visibly dropped and Douglas Costa’s shot struck the woodwork, but Talisca got a splendid consolation goal with his curling free kick into the near top corner.
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Barcelona (3-2 agg)
Scorers: Griezmann 36, pen 88 (A)
Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Juanfran, Godin, Lucas, Filipe; Koke, Fernandez (Savic 92), Gabi, Saul Niguez; Carrasco (Partey 74), Griezmann (Correa 90)
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dani Alves (Sergi Roberto 64), Pique, Mascherano, Jordi Alba; Rakitic (Arda Turan 64), Busquets, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez, Neymar
Ref: Rizzoli (ITA)
Benfica 2-2 Bayern Munich (2-3 agg)
Scorers: Jimenez 27 (B), Vidal 38 (BM), Muller 52 (BM), Talisca 76 (B)
Benfica: Ederson; Andre Almeida, Lindelof, Jardel, Eliseu (Jovic 88); Fejsa, Renato Sanches; Salvio (Talisca 68), Pizzi (Gonçalo Guedes 58), Carcela-Gonzalez; Jimenez
Bayern Munich: Neuer; Lahm, Kimmich, Javi Martinez, Alaba; Vidal, Xabi Alonso (Bernat 90), Thiago Alcantara; Douglas Costa, Muller (Lewandowski 84), Ribery (Götze 92)
Ref: Kuipers (NED)