00:00So going into their Champions League clash history was against Atleti and Diego Simeone who had never won at Camp
00:07Nou as a coach in 18 previous attempts
00:11But at the 19th time of asking Simeone finally broke his Camp Nou curse as Atletico beat Barcelona to seize
00:19control of their quarter-final time
00:24I think there are several coaches who have not won here and very few that have won here
00:33I think we were very strong today
00:35And well the truth is I'm very happy with the effort of the players
00:45After weathering an early storm Atleti capitalized on their numerical advantage
00:50Julian Alvarez opened the scoring with a stunning free kick moments after Pau Kubasi was shown a red card
00:57The foul was clear
00:59VAR intervenes and the referee confirmed the red card
01:02From there Julian scored an incredible goal
01:05The win was then sealed when Alexander Solov doubled Atleti's lead giving them the cushion they needed going into the
01:15return bounce
01:18It could be a good omen for Los Rojiblancos
01:21On the previous two occasions that they have faced Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals
01:25They successfully eliminated the Catalans on both occasions
01:31But Simeone is wary of a Barca response
01:34They almost completed an unlikely comeback in their Copa del Rey semifinal in early March
01:42After our 4-0 win we saw how well they played and how well they responded in the second leg
01:48We expect a difficult and complex match
01:56With a two goal lead and home ground advantage for the second leg
02:00Atletico Madrid are firm favorites to progress to the Champions League semifinals
02:06For Atleti and Diego Simeone
02:08They finally ended their Camp Nou curse
02:11Beating Barcelona on their own turf
02:13To seize control of their quarter-final tie
02:16To be continued...
02:18To be continued...
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