Raphinha makes gesture to Atletico Madrid fans ahead of possible Arsenal tie in Champions League | Football

Raphinha told Atletico Madrid supporters they will be eliminated in the Champions League semi-final after they eliminated Barcelona on Tuesday night.

Atletico held a 2-0 advantage from their win at Camp Nou last week but Barcelona pulled the quarter-final tie level after just 24 minutes in the return leg with goals from Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres.

Ademola Lookman then struck before the break to put Atletico 3-2 ahead on aggregate and Barcelona were unable to find a third goal before they were reduced to ten men with 11 minutes to go with Eric Garcia’s red card.

Atletico will now play either Arsenal or Sporting CP in the Champions League semi-final, with Mikel Arteta’s side heading into Wednesday night’s second leg at the Emirates Stadium with a 1-0 win from last week.

After Barcelona’s Champions League exit, Raphinha made his feelings clear towards Atletico’s supporters inside the Metropolitano as he was caught by DAZN’s cameras saying ‘out you go’ and gesturing with his thumb.

Speaking after his side’s defeat, Hansi Flick said Barcelona ‘deserved’ to be in the Champions League semi-final with their performance over the two legs against Atletico.

‘We’re disappointed. We had the chance to make it 3-0 and then conceded that goal. We had many opportunities, but we didn’t take them,’ Flick said.

‘We played a fantastic game. We played with one less man but the players were fantastic. I really appreciate what I saw today. We haven’t had much luck, we have to accept it.

‘We’ve talked about how to improve. In the first half, we should have scored more goals. We didn’t expect their goal. Looking at both matches, we deserved to be in the semi-final.’

Atletico head coach Diego Simeone said: ‘Every time we compete, we understand there’s only one way to face them – attack them.

‘They had more possession this time, in the previous match it was more even. If you don’t attack them, you lose. They’re very good at attacking. We knew the chances we had.

‘In the cup, we played a fantastic first half here and then had to suffer there. In the Champions League first leg, we took advantage of the important moments we had in our favour, and that 2-0 lead gave us some breathing room for a complex match.

‘The way Julian and Griezmann ran, the work of Llorente, Nahuel, Koke, Matteo’s outstanding performance, how the substitutes came on. It gave us enormous strength.

‘Playing a Champions League semi-final… wow, that’s great. We’ll go there with all the enthusiasm and faith. We know our strengths and weaknesses.

‘We have a lot of faith, we’re prepared, and we’ll go there to find what we’ve been looking for for many years.’

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