PSG and Atlético advance

Paris Saint-Germain and Atlético Madrid are through to the UEFA Champions League semifinals after finishing off Liverpool and Barcelona on Tuesday, April 14. (uefa.com) Paris beat Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield in the second leg, with Ousmane Dembélé scoring in the 72nd minute and again in stoppage time to complete a 4-0 aggregate win. UEFA named Dembélé player of the match. (uefa.com) Atlético lost 2-1 at home to Barcelona but still advanced 3-2 on aggregate after a 2-0 first-leg win in Spain on April 8. Barcelona scored through Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres in the opening 24 minutes before Ademola Lookman pulled one back in the 31st. (espn.com) Barcelona’s comeback bid faded after defender Eric García was sent off in the 79th minute for fouling Alexander Sørloth on a breakaway. Atlético reached the Champions League semifinals for the first time since 2017. (espn.com) The results locked in two semifinal places in a tournament that began its knockout phase on February 17 and will end with the final at Puskás Aréna in Budapest on May 30. The semifinals are scheduled for April 28 and 29 in the first legs, with return matches on May 5 and 6. (uefa.com) Paris will face the winner of Real Madrid against Bayern Munich in one semifinal. Atlético will meet the winner of Arsenal against Sporting Clube de Portugal in the other. (uefa.com) Paris arrived in the quarterfinals as defending European champion and has now eliminated Monaco, Chelsea and Liverpool in this season’s knockout rounds. Atlético came through a harder route that included Club Brugge in the playoff round and Tottenham Hotspur in the round of 16 before edging Barcelona. (uefa.com) Tuesday’s matches left two quarterfinal second legs still to be played on Wednesday, April 15: Arsenal hosts Sporting after a 1-0 first-leg win, and Bayern hosts Real Madrid after winning 2-1 in Madrid. By the end of Wednesday night, the full semifinal bracket will be set. (uefa.com)