🏆👉 The 2023/24 UEFA Champions League quarter-final, semi-final and final draws took place on Friday 15 March at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.
🏆👉 Inter failed to win the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, Second Leg game against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday 13 March 2024 at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain. In the first leg match – which ended 1-0 with a goal from Arnautovic, Inter took home much less than they built, with several missed scoring opportunities. After a hard-fought match for more than 120 minutes, Atletico Madrid won on penalties. The errors of Alexis Sánchez, Davy Klassen and Lautaro Martínez were decisive.
Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak saved two penalties and Lautaro Martínez failed the decisive penalty shooting over the bar to send Atletico through 3-2 in the shootout after the match finished 2-1 to Atletico after extra time.
LAUTARO MARTÍNEZ SKIES THE DECISIVE PENALTY FOR INTER!! 😳
Inter Coach Simone Inzaghi … time to reflect and archiving this elimination while focusing in the Serie A.
⚫🔵 Inter took the lead in the 33rd minute Federico Di Marco defeated Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak with a right-footed shot to the center. The assist is by Nicolò Barella.
👉Atletico Madrid 0 – 1 Inter, 33rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Federico Dimarco for @Inter_en with a right-footed shot to the center. The assist is by Nicolò Barella. https://t.co/ry1BBG62c1
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 13, 2024
Atlético Madrid equalized in the 35th minute. Forward Antoine Griezmann scored with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner.
👉Atletico Madrid 1 – 1 Inter, 35th minute, ⚽️ goal by Antoine Griezmann equalized for @atletienglish with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. https://t.co/2C8OYbEh2h
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 13, 2024
✅ Stats before the game: This will be the first time that Atlético Madrid will host Inter, in all competitions. The Colchoneros have won seven of their last nine home matches against Italian teams: the exceptions were the draw (2-2) against Juventus, in September 2019, and the defeat (0-1) against Milan, in November 2021. Inter have not won in 10 away games (D3, L7) against Spanish teams in the Champions League, i.e. since the success against Valencia, 5-1, in October 2004. Atlético Madrid’s 1-0 defeat in the first leg represented the sixth defeat suffered by the Spaniards in their debut match in the knockout phase of the Champions League; the Colchoneros ultimately progressed the first two times (against Bayer Leverkusen in 2014-15 and Barcelona in 2015-16), while they were eliminated in each of the last three (against Real Madrid in 2016-17, the Chelsea in 2020-21 and Man City in 2021-22).
Inter have progressed through seven of the eight previous rounds of the Champions League knockout phase in which they won the first leg.
We are going to extra time. It is a difficult match for Inter unable to defend the draw in the first 45 minutes and conceded the goal in the 87th minute, scored by the newly substitute Depay.
✅ Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Wednesday 13 March 2024.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Wednesday 13 March 2024
Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Wednesday 13 March
👉Champions League in Madrid against Atletico
Inter without fear
👉Napoli out
Juve in the Club World Cup
👉Investigation from the Prosecutor, headquarters raided
“Milan still belongs to Elliott”
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Wednesday 13 March 2024
Front Page Corriere dello Sport Wednesday 13 March
👉Sarri resigns, Lazio go to Frosinone with his assistant Martusciello
Lotito gets on the ferry
👉Barcelona eliminate the Azzurri: Rrahmani goal not enough (3-1)
Napoli out of the Champions League
Allegri to the Club World Cup pic.twitter.com/dHOzOxYQmo
49% Ball Possession BARCELONA and 51% Ball Possession NAPOLI Barcelona 3 – 1 Napoli
. Aggregate: 4-2
15′ Fermín López 30′ Amir Rrahmani
17′ João Cancelo
83′ Robert Lewandowski Buy UEFA ChaUEFA mpions League Tickets
Napoli failed the mission and lost the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg game against Barcelona on Tuesday 12 March 2024 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain. We started with the 1-1 draw in the first leg, Barcelona took advantage of home advantage and eliminated Napoli from the top European competition. This is a painful defeat because Napoli are living a dark period and now out of the Champions League. Barcelona reach Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, also obtaining their ninth consecutive useful result.
For Napoli, it is the first defeat of the Calzona era after five games unbeaten. With this evening’s elimination, Napoli also loses the opportunity to qualify for the 2025 Club World Cup, in which Juventus will instead participate. Tough!
Barcelona took the lead in the 15th minute. Fermín López defeated Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Raphinha.
This is not looking good! Barcelona scored a second goal in less than 2 minutes after the first one! In the 17th minute, João Cancelo scored with a right-footed shot to the center following a fast break.
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 12, 2024
Napoli shortened the distance in the 30th minute. Amir Rrahmani defeated Napoli goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Matteo Politano.
👉Barcelona 2 – 1 Napoli, 30th minute, ⚽️ goal by Amir Rrahmani for @en_sscnapoli with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Matteo Politano. https://t.co/hetxMEygJD
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 12, 2024
Oops! Not a good time! Chaos for Napoli! In the 83rd minute, Robert Lewandowski scored with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Sergi Roberto.
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 12, 2024
✅ Stats before the game: Barcelona have remained unbeaten in their last five meetings with Napoli in all competitions, alternating between a draw (three) and a win (two) in this run. In all five previous matches between Barcelona and Napoli in all competitions both teams have always scored at least one goal, in addition to three 1-1 draws, the Blaugrana won the other two matches 4-2 and 3-1. In the knockout phase of the Champions League, on 20 of the 21 occasions in which Barcelona avoided defeat in the first leg played away from home, they qualified for the next round. The only exception was in the 2002/03 edition quarter-finals, drawing 1-1 at Juventus before losing 2-1 at home (in extra time). Napoli have been eliminated on 11 occasions in which they failed to win the first leg at home in the knockout phase of a major European competition. The most recent such elimination was against Barcelona in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League, drawing 1-1 at home before losing 3-1 away. Barcelona have failed to win any of the last four matches played in the knockout phase of the Champions League (2N, 2L), i.e. since the 3-1 success over Napoli in the return match of the round of 16 of the 2019/20 edition. The Blaugrana team has never recorded five games in a row without a win at this stage of the competition.
👉 Lineup BARCELONA (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araujo, Cubarsì, Cancelo; F. Lopez, Christensen, Gundogan; Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha.
👉 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mario Rui; Anguissa, Lobotka, Traoré; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia.
Here are Barcelona vs Napoli official starting lineups for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg game on Tuesday 12 March 2024 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain.