You need to see the melancholy look on Diego Simeone face when he had to go into the penalty shootouts with the defending champion. This is increasingly one of the suspense atmosphere anyone could talk about. One needed to care about the winning but it was weigh out track for Atletico de Madrid. Who do you believe will take the UEFA Champions League to another level? Real Madrid have been one of the very best team in the UCL and its definitely going to be challenging for any opposition to eliminate them. Carlo Ancelotti is not resting until he finally get settled in the UCL final where he belong.
Atletico have been on penalties against Madrid before and this was certainly one of the things Simeone wasn't expecting as mentalities can sometimes suffer when it comes to penalties.
This drama was closed with Madrid's victory although there were not a few who said controversy because of Julian Alvarez's penalty but in the end it did not cover the fact that in this match Madrid managed to get a victory and qualify for the next phase.
On the other hand we also need to appreciate what Atletico did, especially Simeone in this match because after the match he even took the commendable action of thanking and apologizing to the fans who filled the stadium. That is a very good action in my opinion and indeed that action deserves to be given great appreciation.
The last 16 ended with a lot of drama and the unexpected for some clubs and now we'll start the quarter-final phase.