{"id":25507,"date":"2022-03-15T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T21:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25507"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T19:50:00","slug":"atletico-dump-manchester-united-out-of-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25507","title":{"rendered":"Atl\u00e9tico Dump Manchester United Out Of Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"638\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-65870577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-65870577.png 638w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-65870577-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption><em>Manchester United&#8217;s Cristiano Ronaldo looks dejected after the loss (PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Manchester United will end a fifth successive season without a trophy after bowing out of the Champions League at home to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long since out of the Premier League title race, Ralf Rangnick\u2019s Red Devils saw their final route to silverware slammed shut by Diego Simeone\u2019s wily, well-drilled side on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United failed to build on their scarcely-deserved draw in the first leg of this last-16 clash in Spain, with Renan Lodi\u2019s first-half header securing a 1-0 Old Trafford win as Atl\u00e9ti progressed to the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2-1 aggregate exit extinguished any faint hopes of a first piece of silverware since the 2017 Europa League as the Premier League side saw a fifth successive continental campaign end in defeat to Spanish opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United started well enough at a rocking Old Trafford, where Anthony Elanga would have scored his second of the tie was it not for a fortunate Jan Oblak save on a night that the reigning LaLiga champions grew into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joao Felix scored a bullet header in the first leg and saw a first-half goal ruled out for offside, shortly before Antoine Griezmann hook a cross to the back post for Lodi to head home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a gut punch that United failed to respond to as Simeone\u2019s side sat deep, soaked up pressure throughout the second half and frustrated the hosts as much as the officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-25507\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25507&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-25507\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25507&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-25507\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25507&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25507\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United will end a fifth successive season without a trophy after bowing out of the Champions League at home to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid. 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