8 teams advance in UEFA Champions League

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA

Eight teams continued their UEFA Champions League journey after the Round of 16 wrapped up Wednesday evening.

Monaco, following their 5-3 defeat in the first leg, managed to edge out Manchester City with a score of 3-1 at home.

The French team, needing at least a two-goal deficit to advance to the quarter-finals of Europe's biggest club competition, found the decisive goal with 13 minutes to go, thanks to a header by 22-year-old Tiemoué Bakayoko.

Monaco advanced on a 6-6 aggregate.

In the other match of the evening, Atletico Madrid avoided making mistakes to draw 0-0 with Leverkusen on their home turf, giving them the ticket to graduate with a 4-2 aggregate.

After the matches, the roster of this season's confirmed quarter-finalists is made up of Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Dortmund, Juventus, Leicester City, Monaco, and Real Madrid.