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Diego Simeone and Atletico Madrid dumped out of Champions League by RB Leipzig

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RB Leipzig reached their first Champions League semi-final after Tyler Adams' deflected late shot secured a shock 2-1 win against Atletico Madrid in Lisbon.

The 21-year-old American struck the decisive blow after 88 minutes as the tie looked to be heading for extra time. His low shot from the edge of the area appeared to be going wide but hit Stefan Savic and the ball flew past the helpless Jan Oblak in goal.

Atletico, runners up in this competition in 2014 in Lisbon and again in 2016, saw a substitute of their own bring them back into the match when Joao Felix equalised from the penalty spot midway through the second half.

Spaniard Dani Olmo had given Leipzig the lead at the start of the second half as Julian Nagelsmann's side - who were founded in 2009 - became the first German team outside of Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund to reach the semi-final of the Champions League since Schalke in 2011.

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