Tuesday, March 15, 2016

UEFA Champions League: Citizens; Mattress Makers Advance To Quarterfinals

Action in the Round of 16 in UEFA Champions League resumed with two games on Tuesday.

At Manchester, England:

A 0-0 game-two home deadlock with Dynamo Kiev was good enough for Manchester City as the Citizens won their two-game series 3-1 on aggregate.  Here, we see the visitors' Denys Garmash battling City's Sergio Aguero for the ball.

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At Madrid:

After a second 0-0 stalemate, followed by an additional thirty minutes of scoreless soccer, Antoine Greizmann, Gabi, Koke, Saul Nigrez, Fernando Torres, Jose Gimenez, Felipe Luis, and Juanfran all converted their spot kicks as Atletico Madrid won an eight-round penalty-kick shootout 8-7 over visiting PSV Eindhoven and advanced to the quarterfinal round.  Shown here are the happy Mattress Makers celebrating their hard-fought shootout and series victories.

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