Champions League: Victories for Barça and Athletic, while Atlético doesn't get past a draw

Sports writing (EFE).- Barcelona earned a hard-fought victory (2-4) in Prague against a combative Slavia, Galatasaray and Atlético drew 1-1, and Athletic Club won 2-3 against Atalanta in Bergamo in Champions League.

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Barça keeps alive the objective of getting direct access to the round of 16, which could be certified in the last matchday of the league phase against Copenhagen at the Spotify Camp Nou.

After a tied first half (2-2) in which Fermín López (min. 34 and min. 42) turned around Kusej's initial goal before Robert Lewandowski's own goal just before halftime, the Blaugrana team built their triumph in the second half, in which Pedro González 'Pedri' was injured, thanks to goals from Dani Olmo (2-3, min. 63) and the Polish '9' (2-4, min. 71).

Atlético fails to get past the draw (1-1) and the 'top 8' gets complicated

Galatasaray and Atlético de Madrid drew (1-1) in the match that pitted them against each other at the Ali Sami Yen stadium in Istanbul. In the 4th minute, Giuliano headed in a cross from Ruggeri from the left (0-1). In the 20th, Llorente scored an own goal, in a failed attempt to clear, after a cross from Sallai. In the second half, the score didn't change. The draw leaves in the air the possibility for Atlético, which has 13 points, to enter the top eight of the Champions League group stage. There is one match left, the one they will play at the Metropolitano against the Norwegian team Bodo Glimt.

2-3. Athletic comes back after a spectacular second half

The Athletic Club won 2-3 against Atalanta in Bergamo in the penultimate matchday of the Champions League group stage after coming back in a spectacular second half from the goal scored by Gianluca Scamacca in the first half.