Atletico Madrid right-back Juanfran Torres was the penalty shoot-out hero on a super tense night at the Estadio Vicente Calderon, with the Spain international keeping his nerve to net after PSV's Luciano Narsingh had been the only player on either side to miss from the spot after seven perfect rounds.
Just as in the first leg last month in Eindhoven, this was a tight tactical battle, with neither team having too many clear chances to score over 120 minutes of action and both goalkeepers excelling.
Atletico had done more of the attacking throughout, and Antoine Griezmann had the first half's best chance, after good work from Juanfran and Koke, but visiting keeper Jeroen Zoet stuck out a leg to stop and set the tone for the night.
The longer it remained goalless, the better for the visitors, and PSV succeeded in playing the game on their terms. Midway through the first half there were cheers from the 2,700 visiting supporters as their team won another corner. The Calderon was getting worried, although the noise did pick up towards the break as Atletico pressed and both Griezmann and Saul Niguez had shots blocked by the well-organised visiting defence.
Into the second half and the game continued to simmer. PSV almost scored a crucial away goal when Jurgen Locadia's shot was touched onto a post by home goalkeeper Jan Oblak -- with the visitors just unable to scramble the rebound over the line. Up at the other end Atletico were making some half-chances, but Zoet saved comfortably from Griezmann and substitute Fernando Torres and into extra-time we went, with the home fans singing "Atletico until death" as play restarted.
The best chance in the added 30 minutes came after some pretty amazing work by Atletico midfielder Saul, who took on the PSV defence alone and set up another chance for Griezmann, but the shot went straight at Zoet again. The visitors' Mexican midfielder Andres Guardado almost won it on 117 minutes, but his 20-yarder curled just wide, forcing the first-ever Champions League knockout match to finish 0-0 after two legs.
The shoot-out saw some really high quality, with neither goalkeeper managing to keep any of the spot kicks out. Late substitute Narsingh was the unfortunate man to send his crashing back off the crossbar in the eighth round, and Juanfran then calmly netted, as for the second season in succession Atletico squeaked through at this stage of the competition in a shoot-out.
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