Real Madrid was worth the first part of UEFA Champions League Paragraph 16 towards Atletico MadridSecure a narrow 2-1 victory on the way into next week’s decisive match. In spite of the result, Julian Alvarez brilliant again, To achieve a remarkable achievement that was previously held only by Lionel Messi in the competition.
Alvarez is enjoying a fantastic debut season at Atletico MadridWho made a significant investment to sign him from Manchester City. In the 32nd minute, the Argentine striker released a lightning strike to equalize the game and replicated a rare performance that only Messi had achieved earlier.
With its goal, Alvarez and Messi are now the only Argentine players who have scored against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu in the Knockout stages in the Champions League. While the Atletico star achieved this in 2025, the Barcelona legend was the first to do so in 2011.
MessiThe historic moment came on April 27, 2011, when Barcelona met Real Madrid in the Champions League semi -final. That night, The Argentine legend received a memorable braceIncluding a fantastic solo goal, which leads Barca to a 2-0 victory at Bernabeu.
Despite Athletics After falling briefly compared to Barcelona’s victory in 2011, a target deficit Diego Simeone’s side holds in battle. The second leg will take place on Wednesday, March 12 at MetropolitanoWhere Alvarez and the company will look to give a result to remember.
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A reason for atletico -fans to believe
Although Real Madrid has the advantage, History Atletico Madrid Fans offers a reason for optimism. The only time The whites Won 2-1 at home in the first stage of a Champions League Knock, They ended with being eliminated in the return leg.
This happened during the 2002-03 season, when Juventus pulled off an epic 3-1 comeback in the other legSecure a 4-3 total victory to turn Real Madrid out and move on to the final. This special antecedent adds hope to an atletico Madrid who has to look for at least one goal at home.
