Atletico Madrid took a huge step towards reaching the Champions League semi-finals as they claimed an impressive win at 10-man Barcelona.
2025/2026 UEFA Champions League
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The visitors had not won at the Nou Camp since 2006 before Wednesday but goals in either half by Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth secured the win in the first-leg of their quarter-final tie.
Barcelona had been the better side for much of the game but a foul on Giuliano Simeone by Pau Cubarsi just before half-time proved pivotal.
The defender was initially shown a yellow card by referee Istvan Kovacs after sending Simeone flying as he broke through one-on-one, but that was changed to a red card when Kovacs was asked by the video assistant referee to review the incident on the pitchside monitor.
Alvarez then compounded Barcelona's misery by superbly sending the free-kick beyond the goalkeeper's reach and into the back of the net.
To Barcelona's credit, they responded well to going a man down and dominated the second half, with Marcus Rashford going closest to equalising when he hit the crossbar from a free-kick.
But instead, they were dealt a further blow when Atletico grabbed a second, Alexander Sorloth sweeping home from Matteo Ruggeri's low cross.
The defeat leaves Barcelona with it all to do when they travel to Madrid in the second leg next Tuesday.
Line-ups
Barcelona XI: Lewandowski, Cancelo, Olmo, Rashford, Kounde, Eric Garcia, Pedri, Joan García, Yamal, Gerard Martín, Cubarsi
Subs: Szczesny, Ferran Torres, Araujo, Balde, Casado, Gavi, Fermín López, Roony Bardghji, Diego Kochen, Álvaro Cortés, Xavi Espart, Tommy Marqués
Atletico XI: Griezmann, Koke, Musso, Llorente, Le Normand, Dávid Hancko, Lookman, Molina, Alvarez, Matteo Ruggeri, Giuliano Simeone
Subs: Lenglet, Sørloth, N. Gonzalez, Álex Baena, Thiago Almada, Mario de Luis, Marc Pubill, Salvi Esquivel, Rodrigo Mendoza, Obed Vargas, Julio Díaz