Spanish side Atletico Madrid have gone ahead to the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in 40 years following a 1-0 win over Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon on Wednesday to seal a 2-1 aggregate victory.
Defeat ends Barcelona's run of reaching six straight Champions League semi-finals.
According to Sport24, Koke put the hosts, who were missing top-scorer Diego Costa through injury, in front after just five minutes as he volleyed home Adrian Lopez's headed pass.
Both sides had penalty shouts waved away just before half-time as Koke went down under pressure from Javier Mascherano before Cesc Fabregas claimed he had been caught by Diego Godin, the report added.
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