{"id":389152,"date":"2026-04-09T03:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/389152\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T03:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:41:09","slug":"atletico-madrid-storm-nou-camp-with-champions-league-win-over-10-man-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/389152\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid storm Nou Camp with Champions League win over 10-man Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Barcelona 0 Atletico Madrid 2\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Atletico Madrid's Alexander Sorloth scores their second goal past Barcelona's Joan Garcia. Photo: Reuters\/Albert Gea\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/-BAR-ATM (176).jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Atletico Madrid&#8217;s Alexander Sorloth scores their second goal past Barcelona&#8217;s Joan Garcia. Photo: Reuters\/Albert Gea<\/p>\n<p>Reuters<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday at 23:20<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Atletico Madrid took a firm grip on their Champions League quarter-final as goals from Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth earned a 2-0 first-leg victory over 10-man Barcelona at the Nou Camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Barcelona dominated proceedings, but Atletico&#8217;s rock-solid defence combined with swift counter-attacks paid off after Pau Cubarsi was sent off for hauling down Giuliano Simeone in the 42nd minute as the last man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Alvarez brilliantly curled the resulting free kick from 25 metres into the top corner in first-half stoppage time to silence the sold-out Catalan stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Rashford struck the crossbar from a free kick soon after halftime but Simeone&#8217;s side remained disciplined and doubled their lead in the 70th minute when Mateo Ruggeri crossed from the left and Sorloth volleyed in from close range, sealing a decisive away win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona 0 Atletico Madrid 2 Atletico Madrid&#8217;s Alexander Sorloth scores their second goal past Barcelona&#8217;s Joan Garcia. 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