Leicester City 1-1 Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid 4-2 Bayern Munich - Champions League as it happened
Foxes fight valiantly but succumb to Simeone's men.
Leicester City 1-1 Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid 2-2 Bayern Munich
- Leicester City fall valiantly at the hands of Atletico Madrid.
- The Foxes drew 1-1 on the night but lost 2-1 on aggregate to Diego Simeone's men.
- Jamie Vardy cancelled out Saul's wondrous header but it was simply not enough.
- Cristiano Ronaldo scores a perfect hat-trick as Real Madrid sweep aside Bayern Munich 4-2.
- The clash at the Bernabeu went to extra-time but Bayern were let down in remarkable fashion by the officials.
- Arturo Vidal was harshly sent off, while Ronaldo was offside in the build-up to his second goal.
Full-time Real Madrid 4-2 Bayern Munich (6-3 agg)
Madrid made hard work of it, but Ronaldo's perfect hat-trick sends them through to the last four of the Champions League, a trophy they may well successfully defend.
Bayern will feel hard done by, and rightfully so, but Madrid simply belong at centre of Euroepan football's biggest stage.
Full-time Leicester City 1-1 Atletico Madrid
It's all over for Leicester. The Premier League champions fought valiantly and did themselves proud, but they simply came up against a superior team in Atletico, who deservedly go through to the semi-finals.
The Foxes had Simeone's men rocking in the second half - Savis and Lucas produced two vital blocks - but that's all she wrote for Shakespeare's side.
Half-time: Leicester City 0-1 Atletico Madrid
A more competitive clash compared to the first leg, but the scoreline is the same. Saul Niguez's superb header has put Atletico Madrid in a rather comfortable position, with Leicester now needing to score three goals against one of the meanest defences in Europe.
Atletico started brightly but Leicester have applied pressure themselves, Riyad Mahrez and Shinji Okazaki have come close to Oblak's goal, but the Slovakian has not been tested whatsoever.
The Foxes have not shamed themselves by any stretch of the imagination, but it would take something rather special to change the course of the tie in the second half.
Superb build-up play from Atletico drags Leicester around the whole of the King Power Stadium but is eventually wasted by Luis, who shoots wildly over the bar.
Carrasco is then set free by Koke but Benalouane and Schmeichel do just enough to stifle the exciting Belgian, who seems to have been given a free role by manager Simeone.
Leicester win a free-kick in a dangerous area. Atletico hold a high line in order to allow Oblak to come and claim the ball, which is exactly what he did.
Mahrez, who has grown into the game, runs at the heart of Atletico's defence but his ball to Vardy was too late. After a dominant start, The Spaniards are on the back foot.
Nick Howson at the King Power Stadium
The message 'forever fearless' hangs from the home end; fireworks [during the day] fly into the air, someone pokes me in the head with a foil flag which are making the King Power Stadium sound like a giant crisp packet; white smoke is fired from upturned jets lined around each stand. Quite a build-up.
Nick Howson at the King Power Stadium
The foil flags are very much out in full force before kick-off, accompanied by the band from the city - Kasabian [who mostly support Leeds] - booming over the PA. Very noisy, and even the Atletico fans are impressed if the camera phone lights I can see in the away end are anything to go by.
Nick Howson at the King Power Stadium
Flags adorn each and every seat at the King Power Stadium, ensuring both sets of players will enter a real cauldron-like atmosphere just before kick-off tonight. Many have patronisingly questioned whether Diego Simeone's side will have encountered an atmosphere akin to the one which will confront them this evening but I can't imagine the Antoine Griezmann's and Koke's of this world will be intimidated by what may be going on around them. It should make for a great and memorable evening.
Craig Shakespeare's pre-match thoughts:
"He's ( Wes Morgan's) ready, it's a big bonus for us. He came through training the last three days. I knew he way okay yesterday and we made sure there was no reaction this morning. Thankfully their wasn't.
"An early goal would be nice but we must respect the opposition. They're a terrific side, we start as underdogs but we've been underdogs before and we know the task ahead.
"Depending on their shape, we'll have to be aware of (Griezmann) but if we're on the front foot we'll deny him space. We have to be respectful of them and whoever they call upon.
There is Ronaldo, there is Benzema, but there is no Gareth Bale for Real Madrid this evening.
Real boss Zinedine Zidane revealed that the Welshman has a 'small niggle' but is hopeful he will be in contention for El Clasico on Sunday.
"When he came back he was desperate to be involved and now he has a small niggle that is preventing him from being fully fit," Zidane said.
"I hope it is nothing and in a few days he can be with us again."
Robert Lewandowski is fit to play after recovering from a shoulder problem, while Mats Hummels, who had also been struggling with a niggle, is deemed ready to start.
With Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben on the wings Bayern are at full-strength, but can Ancelotti pull off another Champions League masterclass?
Nick Howson at the King Power Stadium
Leicester City's fans are already basking in the spotlight enough as it is, but on a day where they team could reach the Champions League semi-finals the sun really come out for Foxes fans. It is the most glorious mid-spring day in the East Midlands and supporters are certainly making an evening of it.
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Leicester go into the second leg at the King Power Stadium 1-0 down from the encounter at the Vicente Calderon, and while they may have shown that nothing is impossible in football last season, their task of progressing into the semi-finals of the Champions League is rather strenuous, made harder by the potential of both Robert Huth and Wes Morgan through suspension and injury respectively.
In Spain, Real Madrid host Bayern with two crucial goals and a slender lead under their belt. Los Blancos are remarkably difficult to beat at the Bernabeu, but Bayern boss Carlo Ancelotti, who previously coached Real Madrid, is a master on the European stage.
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