Atletico and Arsenal move closer to Europa League semis
Koke and Griezmann struck for Atletico against Sporting Lisbon
Cristiano Ronaldo's visit to the team hotel did nothing for Sporting Lisbon, who were seen off by Atletico Madrid 2-0 in the Europa League quarter-final first leg at the Wanda Metropolitano.
ATL
2 ________________ 0
SPO
LINE UP
Atlético de Madrid
Oblak; Juanfran, Savic, Godín, Lucas; Correa (Gameiro, 53'), Saúl, Gabi, Koke; Diego Costa (Thomas, 87) y Griezmann (Vitolo, 90')
Sporting de Portugal
Rui Patricio; Piccini, Coates, Mathieu, Coentrao; William Carvalho (Acuña , 44'), Battaglia; Bruno Fernandes (Monero, 87'), Bryan, Gelson; Dost
Goles
1-0 M. 1 Koke. 2-0 M. 40 Griezmann.
Árbitro
Sergei Karasev (Rusia). TA: Saúl, Savic, Koke / Coentrao, Piccini, Dost
Incidencias
Partido disputado en el Wanda Metropolitano.
It took just 23 seconds for Diego Costa to set up Koke and Antoine Griezmann netted the other. Diego Godin had a goal ruled out for offside, correctly, thanks to an infringement by Kevin Gameiro.
Arsenal thrashed CSKA Moscow 4-1 with goals from Aaron Ramsey (2) and Alexandre Lacazette (2), all coming in the first half.
Meanwhile Lazio scored two late goals to see of Red Bull Salzburg 4-2 while Red Bull Leipzig beat Marseille 1-0.
