🎥 Champions Wednesday brings controversy and screamers; see what went down

🎥 Champions Wednesday brings controversy and screamers; see what went down

It was a HOT Wednesday (8) of UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.

Rivals in the last Copa del Rey semifinal, Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid began a new knockout clash featuring a VAR red card and CONTROVERSY.

Meanwhile, reigning champions PSG took a big step toward another qualification over Liverpool, who were their rivals in the last edition.

Check out a summary of the matchups below.

PSG 2 🆚 0 Liverpool

The first half was one of a reigning champion clearly on top.

And the goal came as early as the 11th minute through Doué, the best player on the pitch in the opening half.

Liverpool only threatened in the 39th minute, when Frimpong hit a low shot wide.

But he was offside.

Arne Slot's team failed to even get a SHOT OFF before halftime.

Liverpool came back better after the break, finally managing to attack.

But PSG were indeed superior.

And they managed to turn that into goals.

A player enjoying a great Champions League campaign, Kvaratskhelia scored a stunner to make it two (65').

PSG had at least four more good scoring chances from then on.

Which kept Liverpool "alive."

The second leg will be next Tuesday (14) at Anfield.

With Liverpool needing to win by three goals to advance in regular time.

Barcelona 0 🆚 2 Atlético de Madrid

Barça had more of the ball and tried to find spaces against a rival that was also looking to attack.

The big chance came with Rashford, who had the edge over Molina.

Meanwhile, Yamal was dealing with triple-marking.

Then came Cubarsí's foul on Giuliano Simeone.

Istvan Kovacs showed the Barça defender a yellow card.

But he was the last defender. And VAR stepped in.

The referee went to the monitor and came back with a red card.

The free kick was taken and, with it, came Julián Álvarez's BEAUTIFUL GOAL (44').

A two-goal lead for the Colchoneros just before halftime.

Even with a man down, Barça came back very well for the second half.

They were facing a stunned rival.

They had a chance with Rashford, for example, and complained heavily about a penalty not being given after the incident involving Musso and Pubill.

Check out what happened below.

Then Atlético — who still had not registered a shot in the second half — extended the lead through Sørloth (70').

Barça kept pushing hard. But Atlético's advantage remained unchanged.

The second leg will be next Tuesday (14) at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.

And the Colchoneros can even afford to lose by one goal.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.