Atletico Madrid 2-0 Monaco: Simeone's boys cruise through
The Rojiblancos reached the next round of the Champions League
Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League last 16 with a comfortable home win over Thierry Henry’s Monaco.
ATL
2 ________________ 0
MON
LINE UP
Atlético de Madrid
Oblak; Arias, Savic, Lucas, Filipe Luis; Rodri, Thomas, Koke (Vitolo, 46'), Lemar (Kalinic, 63'); Griezmann y Correa (Saúl, 69').
Mónaco
Benaglio; Biancone, Raggi, Jemerson, Badiashile, Chadli (Diop, 63'); Tielemans, Massengo, Golovin (Thuram, 63'); Grandsir y Sylla (Falcao, 55').
Goles
1-0 M. 2 Koke. 2-0 M. 24 Griezmann.
Árbitro
Matthias Gestranius (Finlandia). TA: Griezmann (45'), Savic (62, 2A 82'), Thomas (86'), Filipe Luis (91') / Tielemans (54'), Biancone (68').
Incidencias
Wanda Metropolitano.
Koke sent the hosts ahead after just two minutes and then Antoine Griezmann doubled the lead.
Stefan Savic was sent off for a foul in the area late on but Radamel Falcao missed the penalty so there was not even a consolation for the Ligue 1 team.
Diego Simeone's side are top of Group A with 12 points from 5 games, Monaco are bottom with just one point.
