Antoine Griezmann’s controversial first-half penalty handed Atletico Madrid a tight 1-0 win over gutsy Leicester in their Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Italy 2 Spain 0: Graziano Pelle sealed Italy’s place in the Euro 2016 quarter-finals with a stoppage-time strike to sink reigning champions Spain at the Stade de France yesterday.

Bayern Munich 2 Atletico Madrid 1

Deportivo La Coruna 0 Barcelona 8: Barcelona restated their title ambitions by thrashing Deportivo La Coruna 8-0 away from home, with Luis Suarez scoring four times and contributing three assists as they showed no mercy.

Atletico Madrid 2 Barcelona 0, Atletico win 3-2 on aggregate: Holders Barcelona are out of the Champions League after Antoine Griezmann’s brace sent Atletico Madrid through to semi-finals with a 2-0 quarter-final second-leg victory.

Barcelona 2 Atletico Madrid 1: Luis Suarez scored twice as Barcelona came from behind to beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Nou Camp, where Fernando Torres was sent off having given the visitors the lead.

REAL MADRID 1 ATLETICO MADRID 0: Holders Real Madrid reached for the Champions League last four by beating neighbours Atletico Madrid 1-0 in last night’s super tense quarter-final second leg at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Atletico Madrid 1, Bayer Leverkusen 0:

Atletico Madrid have a mountain to climb if they are to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals after they endured a night to forget at Bayer Leverkusen.

Atletico Madrid have a mountain to climb if they are to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals after they endured a night to forget at Bayer Leverkusen.

Atletico Madrid were in dreamland as they destroyed rivals Real Madrid with a thumping 4-0 win which blew the Primera Division title race wide open.

Spain 5 Macedonia 1

Spain manager Vicente del Bosque will make a decision on his future in the next week but revealed when he substituted goalscorer David Villa in the 3-0 win over Australia, he was unaware it was his last international.

AUSTRALIA 0 SPAIN 3

Diego Costa and Fernando Torres have been included in Spain’s final squad for the World Cup, but Manchester City pair Alvaro Negredo and Jesus Navas were left out.

Gareth Bale finally helped Real Madrid fulfil the dream of ’La Decima’, securing a memorable 10th Champions League triumph with an extra-time win against neighbours Atletico Madrid.

Uncapped duo Ander Iturraspe and Daniel Carvajal have both included in Spain’s 30-man provisional World Cup squad, along with Fernando Torres, but Real Madrid pair Alvaro Arbeloa and Isco have been omitted.

Someone will finally have to claim this season’s La Liga trophy next Saturday when Atletico Madrid travel to Barcelona’s Camp Nou.

Although Louis van Gaal appears to be closing in on the Manchester United job, this week’s Champions League action offered clues to a possible alternative narrative had the hunt for David Moyes’ successor taken another route.

Eden Hazard walked into a storm after giving an interview following Chelsea’s Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid on French TV station BeInSport in which he appeared to criticise the tactics of coach Jose Mourinho.

Atletico Madrid 1 Barcelona 0 (Atletico Madrid win 2-1 on aggregate)

Barcelona 1 Atletico Munich 1

Atletico Madrid 4 AC Milan 1 (Atletico win 5-1 on agg)

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has been left out of Spain’s squad for next Wednesday’s friendly against Italy.

When Diego Simeone took charge at Atletico Madrid, just over two years ago, the challenge he faced was huge.

Real Madrid 1 Atletico Madrid 2 (aet)

Barcelona 1 Levante 0

In Barcelona they joke that if Catalonia wins independence at least Real Madrid will be able to win La Liga. Come next Saturday night even that might be beyond Jose Mourinho and his men.

Chelsea suffered UEFA Super Cup humiliation last night as Radamel Falcao showed them what might have been with a devastating hat-trick to help hand Atletico Madrid a crushing win.

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque could be without right-back Alvaro Arbeloa for their European Championship opener against Italy on Sunday after the Real Madrid defender missed training this morning.

Barcelona forward Pedro has been rewarded for his two goals in the Copa del Rey final on Friday by being included in Spain’s 23-man squad for the European Championships.

Spain manager Vicente del Bosque refused to concede that Adrian Lopez may have played himself into the final 23-man squad to be named on Sunday after an impressive international debut in the 2-0 win over Serbia.

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque yesterday named six uncapped players in his squad for the friendlies against Serbia and South Korea ahead of the European Championships this summer.

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea was today handed a maiden call-up to the Spain squad for the friendlies against Serbia and South Korea which precede this summer’s European Championships.

Radamel Falcao justified his golden boot billing by firing Atletico Madrid to Europa League glory last night.

Adrian’s brilliant second-half strike booked Atletico Madrid’s place in the Europa League final at the National Stadium in Bucharest on May 9.

Thinking the unthinkable does not come easily to managers, least of all José Mourinho.

CELTIC manager Neil Lennon believes his side have enough quality to upset the odds and qualify for the Europa League despite their 1-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid — a result which leaves them needing to win in Italy in their final group game.

HIS name is Ballesteros.

BARCELONA eased to their third successive La Liga title with a low-key draw away to Levante last night to retain their crown with two games to spare.