Atletico Madrid 1 Real Madrid 0 (agg 1-1, pens 2-4): Ancelotti’s men WIN after major penalty shootout controversy

REAL MADRID will face Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-finals following a nail-biting and controversial shootout victory over their local rivals Atletico.

The tie ended 2-2 on aggregate after extra time thanks to a 1-0 win for Atleti.

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Conor Gallagher broke the deadlock in the second leg[/caption]

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The former Chelsea midfielder found the back of the net a mere 28 seconds into the match[/caption]

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Vincius Jr had the chance to restore Real’s aggregate lead but blazed his penalty high and wide[/caption]

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Julian Alvarez’s shootout spotkick proved to be a controversial one[/caption]

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VAR ruled out the Argentine’s penalty after they’d deemed him to have kicked the ball twice[/caption]

Conor Gallagher lit the blue touch paper a mere 28 seconds into the tie, tapping home from just outside the six-yard box.

Vinicius Jr had the chance to restore Real’s advantage from the penalty spot in the 70th minute.

But the Brazilian blazed his spot kick high and wide of Jan Oblak‘s left-hand post, much to the delight of the Wandametropolitano Stadium faithful.

Both teams huffed and puffed for a winner in extra-time but were unable to breach the other’s goal.

Kylian Mbappe got the shootout ball rolling, with Alexander Sorloth quickly Diego Simeone‘s troops level.

Jude Bellingham re-established Real’s lead with a cool finish, but Julian Alvarez levelled the scores a few moments later – despite losing his footing.

VAR, however, sensationally ruled out the strike after judging the Argentine to have kicked the ball twice.

That meant Federico Valverde‘s ensuing strike fired Los Blanco’s into a 3-1 lead – although the players and fans didn’t know it at the time.

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Antonio Rudiger fired Los Blancos into the Champions League quarter-finals

Angel Correra kept Atletico within touching distance with a neat finish before Lucas Vazquez spurned the chance to send the visitors through with a poor finish.

Marcos Llorente wasted Oblak’s good save with a similarly poor finish and ended up being punished by a lucky Antonio Rudiger penalty, which narrowly evaded the keeper.

Real will be full of confidence ahead of their clash with the Gunners, despite never having beaten Mikel Arteta‘s troops.

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