Ratings: Atlético survive Barcelona onslaught to advance to UCL semis
Lookman’s goal took the Rojiblancos through to the last four.
MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 14: Atletico players celebrate the victory after winning during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Quarter-Final Second Leg match between Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona at Estadio Riyadh Air Metropolitano on April 14, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Jose Hernandez/Anadolu via Getty Images) | Anadolu via Getty Images Atlético Madrid are through to a historic semi-final in the UEFA Champions League — their first since 2017 — after overcoming FC Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate. Barça raced into a two-goal lead, nullifying the Atleti advantage from the first leg, with goals from Lamine Yamal and Ferrán Torres, but an Ademola Lookman finish before half-time was enough for Diego Simeone’s side to progress.
A late red card for Eric García conditioned the final proceedings of the game, but Atleti won’t mind one bit about how they’ve gotten through, the important thing is that they are . View this post on Instagram Here are Into the Calderón’s player ratings for this monumental night. Player Ratings Juan Musso: The big dog let the ball slip under his legs in Yamal’s opener and probably left a little too much goal showing to Ferrán, but from then on put in a commanding display.
This was the first time in a LALIGA or Champions League match where he started ahead of a fit Jan Oblak, and his place in the team is absolutely deserved, given the magnitude of what he’s been involved in of late. 7 Nahuel Molina: Nahuelito, que bueno que viniste . A relief that his opposite number was Fermín López and not Raphinha, but the Argentine still had a job to do, and he did it brilliantly.
There was a moment where he overcommitted and left himself open, but other than that put every one of his funnily-trodden steps in the right place. 8 Robin Le Normand: The chance that fell to him a little after 70 minutes looked to be the moment to send the Metropolitano into a frenzy, only for Joan García to make a miraculous save. A minute later and the Spaniard was unlucky not to see a header hit the target too.
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