the portuguese joao felix (PT 7m) scored for Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid and the Swedish Anthony Elanga (ST 35m) equalized for the visitor.
Both showed a footballing upheaval in the last dates of their respective leagues and parity was a constant in the cup clash.
The early opening on the scoreboard came through a header from Felix, generated by the precise center of Renan Lodi on a stopped ball, while Elanga, with a cross shot, sealed the 1-1.
The team led by “Cholo” sought to protect the minimum advantage and Manchester United, with Cristiano Ronaldo, the tournament’s top scorer with 141, found few spaces in attack. The lucidity of Bruno Fernandes in the assistance for Elanga and the sober definition of the Swede granted some justice in the result.
With five minutes to go, Atlético de Madrid came close to winning, but Frenchman Antoine Griezmann’s shot hit the crossbar.
For its part, Ajax from the Netherlands tied as a visitor with Benfica from Portugal 2-2. Lisandro Martínez started for the Dutch team, while Nicolás Tagliafico came on in the second half. Meanwhile, Nicolás Otamendi played from the beginning for the Portuguese club.
The Serbian Dusan Tadic overtook Ajax (PT 18m) and the French Sébastien Haller (PT 25m), against, signaled the transitory equality. Haller got his revenge when four minutes later he made it 2-1 for the visitors. The 2-2 was scored by the Ukrainian Roman Yaremchuk (ST 27m).
Both Martínez and Otamendi, defenders of the Argentine team, were starters. The former Vélez Sarsfield played a large part of the match with a protective mesh on his head as a result of a blow.
The rematch of the two matches will be on March 15 in Manchester and Amsterdam.
Summary of the first leg of the round of 16:
Salzburg of Austria 1-Bayern Munich of Germany 1; Sporting Lisbon from Portugal 0-Manchester City from England 5; Villarreal from Spain 1-Juventus from Italy 1; Inter from Italy 0-Liverpool from England 2; PSG of France 1-Real Madrid of Spain 0; Chelsea of England 2-Lille of France 0.
Source: Ambito
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