Atletico Madrid beats Dortmund 2-1 at home in first leg of Champions League quarterfinals
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MADRID: Atletico Madrid moved closer to returning to the Champions League semifinals with a 2 1 win over Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the qua...
MADRID: Atletico Madrid moved closer to returning to the Champions League semifinals with a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Atletico took a first-half lead with goals by Rodrigo De Paul and Samuel Lino and outplayed Dortmund during most of the match, but the German team stayed alive thanks to a late goal by substitute Sébastien Haller.
Dortmund twice hit the woodwork in the final minutes.
The second leg will be played next Tuesday in Germany.
"We will be ready and hopefully we can put Atletico back in the semifinals of the Champions League,” De Paul said. "We will give all we have to make sure that happens, but we know that it’s going to be complicated.”