In the early morning of March 16, Beijing time, the second leg of the 2021-22 Champions League Round of 16 matches was played twice. After a lot of fighting, Manchester United lost 0-1 at home to Atletico Madrid, and Benfica beat Ajax 1-0 away.
In last week's 4 matches, only Liverpool lost to the 4 teams that returned home, but they still eliminated Inter milan on aggregate, Real Madrid eliminated Paris, and Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern and Liverpool all reached the top 8. Manchester United, Ajax, who also returned to home today, drew with their opponents in the first leg away from home, but they all broke the "law" of the home team's promotion. Manchester United attack is not weak, is not to seize the opportunity, in the 39th minute, Atletico backcourt broke the ball to counterattack, Felix inserted the ball to get rid of the defensive split right, Griezmann followed up over the top to pick out the pass, left back point Lodi close-range head hammer to score, Atletico 1:0 to open the record.
The easy side of the battle has just begun, Dalot's long pass over the top on the right side of the field, B Fei inserted the front of the box to unload the ball, Andanga followed up with the ball into the box to push at a small angle, the ball was only slightly off the far post. In the 50th minute, Atletico rushed forward, De Gea's ball was cut off, De Paul directly shot a strong shot, and De Gea struggled to save the ball. In the 72nd minute, United won a free kick opportunity in front of the arc of the penalty area, Tres took the penalty and hung it on the right side, C Ronaldo inserted it to see that he was about to top the ball, but Oblak came out and struggled to hold the ball. In the 75th minute, Manchester United won a free kick opportunity at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the front, B Fei took the penalty in front of the goal, Varane grabbed the point and shook his head to attack the goal, goalkeeper Oblak single-handedly saved the ball, and C Ronaldo's volley from the side was still saved by Oblak. Manchester United struggled unsuccessfully, and finally lost 0-1 at home to Atletico, and was eliminated 1:2 on aggregate and missed the quarterfinals.
Ajax's return to home is also difficult to seize the opportunity, their advantage on the pitch is greater than Manchester United, basically overpowering Benfica across the board. In the 7th minute, Tadic's cross from the left side of the penalty area was pushed in from the back of the line, but the referee signaled that Alai was offside and the goal was blown away. After that, Ajax attacked like a tidal wave, but the collective did not wear shooting boots, and in the 52nd minute, Tadić took a step inside the left side of the penalty area, and Alai grabbed the nodding hammer from close range and directly hit the plane. In the 57th minute, Benfica's corner kick from the right sounded a wake-up call for Ajax, and Vertonghen nodded his head and hammered the goal slightly off the slide.
In the 62nd minute, Ajax recreated the blitz, Blind forced a breakthrough on the left side of the bottom of the inverted triangle to pick out the pass back, Anthony in front of the goal super close-range head hammer attack is still high above the crossbar. Ajax, who frequently missed chances, was punished in the final stages of the game, and in the 77th minute, a free kick opportunity near the bottom line on the right side of the Benfica penalty area, Grimaldo sent the ball to the front point, Núñez rushed ahead of the attacking goalkeeper Onana, looking back at the moon to win the goal, Benfica broke the deadlock 1-0. Since then, Ajax's chances have not been created, although the shot is far away from 4, or at home 0:1 defeat to Benfica did not qualify for the quarter-finals, they also became the only team in the group stage of 3 wins (the other two are Bayern and Liverpool), the only team to exit the round of 16.
In terms of the top scorers, with Manchester United and Ajax out, Alai, who has scored 11 goals, completely lost the opportunity to catch up with Levan to win the Golden Boot by 1 goal, and C Ronaldo's goal this season is also locked at 6 goals, and Mbappe and Sane are tied for 6th. Alai, Cristiano Ronaldo out, Levan's Golden Boot rivals this season may only have 2 people left, and Benzema and Salah, who are currently tied for 3rd with 8 goals.