- ABC News
- March 14, 2024
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said he couldn't bear to watch the team's "emotional" penalty shootout win over Inter Milan in the Champions League round-of-16 on Wednesday. Federico Dimarco had put the Italians 1-0 up -- and 2-0 up on aggregate -- early on before Antoine Griezmann responded two minutes later, and an 87th minute goal from Atletico substitute Memphis Depay forced extra time. - Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Inter's Lautaro Martínez put the decisive penalty over the bar in the shootout, after goalkeeper Jan Oblak had saved from Alexis Sánchez and Davy Klaassen, to see the LaLiga side into Friday's quarterfinal draw. "I didn't watch," Simeone told Movistar when asked about the shootout. "It's not good for me to watch, I decided not to...Jan deserves it. It's always been hard for us with penalties." Atletico famously lost the 2016 Champions League final on penalties to rivals ...