🎥 Champions Wednesday has controversy and screamers, see what went down | OneFootball

It was a HOT Wednesday (8) in the first legs of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.

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

A match that ended with Simeone celebrating at Camp Nou for the 1st time. 

Meanwhile, defending champions PSG took a big step toward another qualification against Liverpool, their rival in the last edition. 

Check out a summary of the matchups below. 

PSG 2 🆚 0 Liverpool

The first half was one of a defending 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 at 39', when Frimpong hit a low shot across goal and wide.

But he was offside.

Arne Slot's team failed to register a SHOT before halftime. 

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

But PSG were, in fact, superior.

And they were able to turn that superiority into goals.

A player enjoying a great Champions League campaign, Kvaratskhelia scored a superb goal to double the lead (65'). 

PSG had at least four more good scoring chances from that point 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 struggling against triple marking.

But then Cubarsí fouled Giuliano Simeone. 

Istvan Kovacs gave the Barça center-back 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.

Then came the free kick and, with it, Julián Álvarez's BEAUTIFUL goal (44'). 

A two-goal advantage for Atleti right before halftime. 

Even with 10 men, Barça came back very well in the second half.

They were facing a stunned opponent.

They had chances with Rashford, for example, and strongly protested the failure to award a penalty after the incident involving Musso and Pubill.

Check out what happened below. 

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

Barça kept pushing hard. But Atleti'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. 

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