00:00Welcome along to the Metropolitano and as you can see the place is absolutely rocking for the first leg of
00:08this semi-final between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona
00:12who as you've been hearing have been in pretty great form this season.
00:17They've been great entertainers as well but this is really crunch time for Atletico.
00:25Alvarez without a goal in 2026 so far but this is a really good start and what a chance that
00:32was.
00:34Simeone cutting in, brilliant opportunity.
00:37Yeah lovely ball by Griezmann, just a simple left footed pass, volley pass into the path of Giuliano Simeone and
00:45he has to score and he just smashes it right at the goalkeeper, he's trying to go.
00:49Won this trophy back in 1996 Radiantich's team.
00:55That was a double winning year for Atletico.
01:00And what a mistake that's crossed the line surely hasn't it?
01:04Well that's what I thought.
01:05He's not giving it, Luchman puts it away, now it'll count.
01:08Atletico have the lead and what a moment for Adamola Luchman and what a moment for Atletico Madrid.
01:23Huge, huge, huge mistake Ian from Joan Garcia.
01:27Made a great save before and I put a curse on him I think saying he's been in excellent form
01:32because this is an absolute mess.
01:35Miss hits the ball, just takes his eye off it completely.
01:38I mean that was over the line anyway.
01:40I think that's over the line, that's going to go down as a known goal.
01:43Yeah.
01:43I think not, Luchman will be pretty disappointed he doesn't pick this up but interestingly the wrist is supposed to
01:52vibrate the watch to note that the ball has crossed the line.
01:56So either that failed or it didn't cross the line but it looked like it did.
02:02It did cross the line.
02:02It really did look like it did.
02:04It did corner kick to the near post.
02:06Nobody had attacked the near post though so easy enough for Musu in the end.
02:12What a ball that is.
02:14Luckman.
02:16Hugging that left hand touch line.
02:18He'll bring some quality to that area of the pitch.
02:25Cut inside, Griezmann!
02:27Oh brilliant!
02:28Just like the old times for Antoine Griezmann.
02:33Sensational goal, 2-0 Atletico within a quarter of an hour.
02:44Yeah well the first goal was quite fortuitous, the second was pure class all over the pitch.
02:54Never missed a beat from the goalkeeper's pinpoint 70 yard ball.
03:01To Luckman to Julian Alvarez.
03:04Julian Alvarez wide.
03:07And this is a beautiful ball into Griezmann.
03:09He just takes him at one and opens his body up.
03:13Look how he just missed controls but look how he jumps around the ball onto his left foot and just
03:17eases it through Koundé's legs into the corner.
03:21Juan Garcia no chance.
03:24Lovely finish from the Frenchman.
03:31Unusual shoving match in the six yard box.
03:35Turn goalwards.
03:37Off the crossbar.
03:39Firmin Lopez so close.
03:41Barcelona.
03:42Really good.
03:44Here's the Firmin effort.
03:47Goalkeeper absolutely no chance just to turn.
03:50Luckman.
03:50Everybody slipping.
03:53Llorente.
03:55And there's room here for a third goal maybe.
03:59Griezmann.
04:01Look how high they are.
04:03Look how high they are.
04:05Another great ball.
04:07By Griezmann's got Luckman waiting in the middle here.
04:09It's caught back.
04:11He surely is a goal.
04:12Oh how has he not scored.
04:13Koundé off the line to deny Alvarez.
04:15He didn't know much about it but he was in the right place.
04:19It's madness.
04:20Look where they are.
04:21You can't play offside there.
04:23It's incredible.
04:28I thought he was going to go himself but he puts it on.
04:30I played for that.
04:37Wall does its job.
04:38Laminya Mal slips.
04:39Not the first person to slip on this surface tonight.
04:43You're right.
04:43It is lively.
04:45Yeah.
04:46There's something with the pitch today.
04:48Yellow for Casado I think it was.
04:53It's a siding challenge.
04:56By Casado.
04:57He feels he got the ball.
04:58I think he may have got the ball actually but it's his follow through isn't it.
05:01His right foot catches him.
05:02He takes the man and I think he leaves something on him.
05:04Yes.
05:04What I call mean machine teams.
05:07This is true again Ian.
05:10Simeone inside and Griezmann with a chance.
05:13And this time the finish was not as polished.
05:16This is full throttle.
05:17All efforts tonight have been excellent.
05:23A lot of joy down the side.
05:27Here's Simeone again.
05:29Cut back.
05:30Look man.
05:31Brilliant.
05:323-0.
05:32Well.
05:33Wonderful move.
05:34Great goal.
05:36And that is Luckmans.
05:38There's no doubt about that.
05:43Spellbinding stuff.
05:44From Aleti.
05:49Yeah.
05:50I absolutely love this performance.
05:53Because they are making a mockery of this high line.
05:57Just balls over the top.
05:59Running forwards.
06:00There's no line there.
06:01Forget it being high.
06:03Ian this could be 5-0.
06:05But that was a beautiful ball on Julian Alvarez.
06:12Griezmann to Simeone.
06:13Simeone to Julian.
06:14He doesn't even look.
06:15He just flips it round.
06:17Lovely weight.
06:19And Luckman only has to put it back across the goalkeeper.
06:22Doesn't even need to force it.
06:24He just places it in.
06:27They've definitely got the players for fast breaks.
06:31Yamal.
06:31Lovely ball that one.
06:32Torres!
06:34Couldn't get his foot around the border.
06:36Cut it back.
06:38He'll be excellent.
06:43Gives him a nice balance, doesn't it?
06:44Yeah, it does.
06:45With him on one side and Simeone on the other.
06:47Yeah, it does.
06:47Firmin Lopez, big save from Musso.
06:49Great save.
07:04Big save.
07:04Not at all.
07:05Actually goes side foots.
07:07Trying to pass it past the goalkeeper.
07:09Very surprised he doesn't flip.
07:14Here's Lamine Yamal.
07:16That's a lovely ball, isn't it?
07:17Koundé.
07:19Deep cross.
07:20Nobody that deep.
07:22In one of those cream shirts.
07:29Balde on his weaker right foot.
07:32And he rather did show.
07:34I mean that is crazy.
07:37He's asking for trouble.
07:38All the time.
07:39And trouble is what they're going to get.
07:40All the time.
07:41There's another ball.
07:42Luckman has an opportunity.
07:44Cuts it back.
07:45Alvarez!
07:45It's four!
07:46My goodness me!
07:49Extraordinary!
07:52Over and over again.
07:55Barcelona will not learn the lesson.
07:58And they keep playing.
08:04Alvarez ends his 11th game scoring drought.
08:09And how?
08:11This is like kids football, Ian.
08:13This is kids football by one of the best teams in the world.
08:20And you can see it.
08:21You can see it miles off that they're going to concede again.
08:24Because they're not doing anything to stop it.
08:28He misses an easy one.
08:30Before.
08:32Yeah, he smashes the harder one.
08:34Pasquale Juan Garcia into the back of the net.
08:37No stopping that.
08:39It's 4-0 on the stroke of half time.
08:43And that's kind for Barcelona.
08:45This is...
08:47An unravelling at it's best.
08:51By the Blaugrana.
08:52Lamine as he dropped.
08:57And the Slovakia has been rock solid.
09:00Mostly for Atletico since they signed him.
09:02Inside by Torres.
09:04It could be a problem here.
09:05There's another big save.
09:07With something to fight for.
09:09If it is 4-0.
09:11It's effectively over as far as I would be concerned.
09:15So they need something this evening.
09:18Yeah.
09:18When you said that.
09:20Reminded me though of a game that you and I covered.
09:23He gets it.
09:24He can't stay on his feet.
09:25He looks as if he's...
09:27Always slipping.
09:30That's a yellow card.
09:31Martin's got it in-take.
09:34Bringing down Lamine before he gets into the penalty area.
09:38They lose the ball in a dangerous area.
09:40Trying to back-heel the ball.
09:42Hanchcaller was.
09:44Can't be back-heeling it there.
09:46He just brings him down cynically.
09:48Before he gets in the penalty area.
09:51Difficult angle though.
09:55Firmin Lopez again.
09:57Cubasi.
09:58Has scored.
09:59And Barcelona.
10:00Do get one back.
10:07What are they looking at?
10:08But Cubasi's not offside.
10:09No.
10:11Hanchcaller's playing everybody onside.
10:13Even Ferran Torres on the far side.
10:15So I don't know what they're looking at.
10:25Is Lewandowski...
10:28Offside.
10:28It just bounces off...
10:30The heel of Lewandowski's isn't it?
10:35It's taking a long time to unravel.
10:37Yep.
10:42Frankie de Jong looks relatively relaxed about it.
10:46A little farcical at this length.
10:48Oh, Ian.
10:49Isn't it just?
10:50Isn't it just?
10:52Has he played the ball forward to Cubasi?
10:55I think is the point there.
10:57I think Robert Lewandowski doesn't even know what's hitting me.
11:00It's disallowed.
11:01It's going to be disallowed.
11:02He is disallowed.
11:03Because I think they're ruling that that ball's spun forwards off Lewandowski
11:08for Cubasi then to hit it in.
11:10Many decades ago, of course.
11:15Antoine Griezmann.
11:18Ruggieri.
11:18Has got forward here.
11:20Drives his lock.
11:21It needed...
11:22Ball was on that time.
11:23That wasn't a bad run, Bob, from Baena.
11:26Simeone down the line.
11:28Into all that space.
11:29Molina.
11:32Eric Garcia won it, then lost it.
11:36Good football.
11:38Colgate towards the near post.
11:40Very well played by Araujo.
11:42Yeah.
11:42That was a good piece of defending.
11:44That was his first involvement in the game as well.
11:47Yellow for Baena, I think, in that incident as well.
11:55That's a bad ball from Torres.
11:58Now, what's the referee going to do here?
12:00Yeah.
12:02Just yellow.
12:03Yeah, yellows in Norfolk.
12:04It was a bad ball by Torres.
12:05Put that at Garcia, right under pressure.
12:08Alex Baena, toe-pokes it past him.
12:10He wants a red card.
12:12I mean, it's subjective, isn't it?
12:13Will Ronald Araujo, who is quick here.
12:15Has he denied a goal-scoring opportunity to Baena there?
12:19Would Araujo have got across?
12:22I personally think, when he kicks the ball at that angle,
12:25I think Araujo would have got across.
12:27He would have had a shot.
12:28Of course, he could have had a shot.
12:29But it would have been from an acute angle.
12:31I think it's going to be red.
12:33Oh, no, so do I.
12:34Now we saw, of course I think it's going to be red.
12:37Of course I think it's going to be red.
12:39Yellow was the face for me.
12:41But of course, VAR got involved.
12:43The mad, aren't they?
12:46So now a ten-man Barcelona.
12:51Well, that prompt Atletico to go for a fifth.
12:55Now Simeone's down.
12:57This is all kicking off, getting very feisty between the players,
13:00because they're suspecting there's an element of theatrics mixed into it.
13:06Of course, yeah.
13:07It's Juliano.
13:09Simeone.
13:10The in.
13:11Almo catches him.
13:14Albaina.
13:16And that was, um, Atletico's other stellar day this season.
13:20The 5-2 win they had over Real Madrid in the Madrid derby.
13:24Molina towards the near post!
13:26Oh, how's he missed that?
13:27Couldn't have easily been a fifth for Serlo.
13:29Didn't quite get there.
13:30Koundé did some really good work there.
13:33Yeah, brilliant work.
13:34Cancelo arm out.
13:35Molina in.
13:47Moussa came for that but didn't go for it.
13:49Oh, what a chance.
13:50What an opportunity.
13:52Fernando's, I think it was.
13:53Wide of the post.
13:54Yep.
13:56Cancelo.
13:59Olmo.
14:03Quite happy to defend very, very deep.
14:05Yeah.
14:06There.
14:06The whistle's gonna go.
14:07He does go.
14:09What a night for Diego Simeone.
14:11What a night for Atletico Madrid.
14:13Who absolutely tore Barcelona limb from limb in the first half.
14:18Hansi Flick knows what happened.
14:21There's a second leg still to come.
14:32There's a second leg still to come.
14:33There's a second leg.
14:33I didn't getoo the house.
14:33Oh, good.
14:33I don't know.
14:33I don't know.
14:33It's a little girl.
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