Atletico advances to Europa League semis despite poor second-leg showing
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Lisbon (Portugal), Apr 13 (EFE) - (Camera: Miguel Conceição). Atletico Madrid failed to impress in a 1-0 second-leg loss to Sporting Lisbon here Thursday night, but the La Liga side did enough to earn a 2-1 victory on aggregate and secure a berth in the Europa League semi-finals.
SOUNDBITES: DIEGO SIMEONE, MANAGER OF ATLETICO MADRID (SPANISH).
TRANSLATION: “I expected to suffer. It was already clear since the Europa League and Champions League matches. Teams become more and more competitive day after day. The tournament is difficlut; any tournament is difficult.
Today Sporting Lisbon played a great first half, we did not. When we became competitive in the second half, we had good chances to mark and not to suffer the way we eventually did.”
Keywords: efe,portugal,spain,soccer,atletico,lisbon,simeone
SOUNDBITES: DIEGO SIMEONE, MANAGER OF ATLETICO MADRID (SPANISH).
TRANSLATION: “I expected to suffer. It was already clear since the Europa League and Champions League matches. Teams become more and more competitive day after day. The tournament is difficlut; any tournament is difficult.
Today Sporting Lisbon played a great first half, we did not. When we became competitive in the second half, we had good chances to mark and not to suffer the way we eventually did.”
Keywords: efe,portugal,spain,soccer,atletico,lisbon,simeone