ONLY THE AWAY TEAMS ADVANCED TO THE QUATER FINALS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SECOND LEG OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (ROUND OF 16) FIXTURES.
MARCH 15
Ajax 0-1 Benfica (agg: 2-3).
Manchester United 0-1 Atlético Madrid (agg 1-2)
Atletico Madrid and Benfica win away to go through to the quarterfinals.
Renan Lodi headed in the winning goal at Old Trafford for an Atlético Madrid win at Manchester United’s expense, while Darwin Nunez headed in the winning goal in Amsterdam to get Benfica through at Ajax’s expense.
MARCH 16
Lille 1-2 Chelsea (agg: 1-4)
Juventus 0-3 Villarreal (agg: 1-4)
The away teams advanced with a 4-1 aggregate win.
The goals came in the final quarter of the regulation time for Villarreal to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2009 by beating Juventus {3-0} in Turin. Gerard Moreno opened the scoring when he converted from the penalty spot in the 78th minute. Pau Torres doubled the lead about 7 minutes later from a corner kick before Arnaut Danjuma converted from the penalty spot in the 2nd minute of the final added time.
Chelsea continues their title defense season after a win at Lille.
Christian Pulisic scored at the end of the first half to cancel out the lead Burak Yilmaz had given Lille from the penalty spot in the 38th minute. Chelsea entered the second half with their 2-goal advantage intact and went on to score another (through Cesar Azpilicueta) to win the tie by 4 goals to 1.
RESULTS: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16
Bayern Munich 7-1 Salzburg (agg 8-2)
Liverpool 0-1 Inter Milan (agg 2-1)
Manchester City 0-0 Sporting CP (agg 5-0)
Real Madrid 3-1 Paris St. Germain (agg 3-2)
Ajax 0-1 Benfica (agg 2-3).
Manchester United 0-1 Atlético (agg 1-2)
Lille 1-2 Chelsea (agg: 1-4)
Juventus 0-3 Villarreal (agg: 1-4)
The QUARTERFINALISTS
The last 8 teams left in the 2022 UEFA Champions League are made up of 4 group winners and 4 runners-up.
Group winners: Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid.
Runners-up: Benfica, Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Villarreal
3 teams from the English Premier League and from the Spanish La Liga.
1 team from the German Bundesliga and frim the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
England: Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City
Spain: Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Villarreal
Germany: Bayern Munich
Portugal: Benfica
The draw will be on March 18, 2022.
