Atlético easy

End there will have been no miracle in the Vicente Calderon Stadium. Defeated last week in his lair Apostolos Nikolaidis (2-3), Panathinaikos will not weigh very heavily in the second leg dams in the Champions League, well controlled by the Atletico Madrid (2-0 ). Dreams of Europe fly to Djibril Cisse sent off in the meeting. In turn, Debrecen, Zurich and Maccabi Haifa continue their road to the detriment respectively Levski Sofia, Ventspils and Salzburg.

Tuesday at 20:45

Atlético Madrid 2-0 Panathinaikos (2-3)

Atlético de Madrid, which left a clear favorite of the tie against Panathinaikos, was finally well kept his rank. After the Greek defense pulled one weeks rather the rival club Real Madrid will indeed present for the next Champions League. Forlan, Aguero and Maxi Rodriguez had allowed Madrid to start from Greece with a definite advantage for the return leg. And not change, the duo of the late Sergio Aguero Diego Forlan has once again been decisive.

Panathinaikos had not yet taken the temperature of Vicente Calderon as Atletico already found the net on a goal against his camp Vintra (1-0, 4th). Following a good center Heitinga from the right, Forlan, who lurked in the penalty area, took over on the volley but the Greek central defender deflected the leather in his own end. With the setback in the first few minutes of play, teammates Gilberto Silva now knew they had to score three times without cashing one. While the task is more complicated for men Henk ten Cate, Djibril Cisse was made to expel a nasty tackle on Paulo Asuncao (71e). Shortly after, Kun Aguero finally drove the point home by entering his second goal in two games (83e). The Argentine, who picked up the ball for 25 yards, went alone again deceive Galinovic. Finally, the two confrontations, the Spanish club will richly deserved their qualification and will doubtless miseries in the upcoming European games ...

Other matches:

Tuesday at 20:45

FC Zurich 2-1 Ventspils (0-3)
Maccabi Haifa 3-0 Red Bull Salzburg (1-2)
Debrecen 2-0 Levski Sofia (1-2)

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