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Atletico Madrid eliminates Barcelona in Champions League quarterfinals

Barcelona's campaign to become the first team to repeat as winners of the Champions League is over.

For the second time in three seasons, Barca was bested by a savvier Atletico Madrid in the quarterfinals. Luis Suarez's two goals had given the Catalans a 2-1, come-from-behind victory in the first leg at home last week. But on Wednesday, Antoine Griezmann's first-half header and late penalty undid all that and shattered Barcelona's hopes of repeating its Champions League-La Liga-Copa del Rey treble. In late dramatics, Barca was denied a penalty that might have tied up the whole affair.
Leander Schaerlaeckens