Saul Niguez, Atletico Madrid’s 21-year-old midfielder, scored a sensational goal in the 11th minute Wednesday to lift the Spanish club to a 1-0 home victory over Bayern Munich in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinals. The return leg is Tuesday at Allianz Arena.
Saul’s goal:
Bayern’s David Alaba hit the crossbar:
Reminder: David Alaba is playing CB for Bayern tonight. ud83dude33 #UCL https://t.co/KN6rnqVUMw — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) April 27, 2016
Atletico almost collected a critical second goal, but Fernando Torres hit the post and Manuel Neuer thwarted Koke’s shot:
This was almost all kinds of beautiful from Fernando Torres.