The Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, Atletico Madrid player, expressed his happiness at his team's qualification to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League after overcoming Barcelona, emphasizing that the match was tough and that the details decided the outcome.

Griezmann said: "I am very happy. In this type of match, mistakes are punished immediately. I lost the ball for the second goal and was positioned incorrectly to pass the ball, but with our fans and the quality of the team, we managed to score the first goal."

He continued: "We were not comfortable with the ball, we didn't have enough composure to play, but in the end, we are in the semi-finals."

He added, "We are also thinking about Saturday's match; it will be a beautiful but difficult game, and now we need to rest."

He concluded his remarks by saying: "It doesn't matter who we face, what matters is that we are at our best until the end. It was a beautiful and tough match against a great team that plays very well. We struggled a lot, but we qualified."