"It's true we hadn't ever won here at this stadium. It's very difficult to do. [Barcelona] are maybe the best team in Europe with Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich. We did good collective work, we hurt them in important moments, and the second goal gave us more security."
"Football is great because being clinical is key, and today we were extremely clinical. We knew they play with a high line. We're a team that have hurt them in almost every game we've played against them, we've always created chances and scored goals."
"It was hard, it's not a coincidence they'd won 22 out of 23 games here [this season]...it's good result but they're an opponent who will for sure make us suffer on Tuesday."
Atletico Madrid secured a 2-0 victory against Barcelona in the Champions League quarterfinal first leg, marking their first win at Camp Nou in 20 years. Julián Álvarez scored from a free kick just before halftime after Barcelona was reduced to 10 men due to Pau Cubarsí's red card. Alexander Sørloth added a second goal in the second half. Diego Simeone praised his team's clinical performance and acknowledged the challenge posed by Barcelona, who had a strong home record this season.
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