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04/14 16:04 CDT Atletico Madrid withstands Barcelona's early blitz to reach the Champions League semifinals Atletico Madrid withstands Barcelona's early blitz to reach the Champions League semifinals By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) --- Atletico Madrid held on after an early charge by Barcelona to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time in nearly a decade on Tuesday. Atletico advanced 3-2 on aggregate despite a 2-1 loss to the Catalan club. Diego Simeone's team had won the first leg 2-0 in Barcelona last week. Barcelona, trying to return to the last four for the second season in a row, scored twice in the first 24 minutes to even the series, with Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres finding the net. Atletico struck back still in the first half with a goal by Ademola Lookman. The Catalan club played a man down from the 79th after defender Eric Garca was shown a red card for fouling Alexander Sorloth to stop a breakaway. Atletico had last made it to the semifinals in 2017. Barcelona lost to Inter Milan in last year's last four. Atletico will face Arsenal or Sporting Lisbon in the semifinals. Arsenal won the first leg 1-0 in Lisbon last week. Their second leg in England is on Wednesday. In the other quarterfinal on Tuesday, Paris Saint-Germain advanced past Liverpool. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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