LIVE: RB Leipzig, Atletico Madrid Play for Place in Champions League Semifinals


The third-place sides in the Bundesliga and La Liga meet for a place in the Champions League semifinals, where a date with PSG awaits.

RB Leipzig and Atletico Madrid are next up in Lisbon, Portugal, as the Champions League quarterfinals continue on Thursday.

Following PSG's thrilling 2-1 victory over Atalanta on Wednesday, the third-place teams in the Bundesliga and La Liga take center stage, with Leipzig looking to continue its journey to uncharted territory, while Atletico Madrid aims to win a European title it has come so close to claiming multiple times in the last six years.

For Leipzig to reach its first semifinal ever, it'll need to overcome the loss of leading scorer Timo Werner, who secured a transfer to Chelsea and left at the end of the Bundesliga season. He was influential in the round-of-16 triumph over Tottenham and scored 28 goals in the Bundesliga this season, a number bettered only by Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski (34).

Atletico Madrid, meanwhile, was a finalist in 2014 and 2016 and a semifinalist in 2017, falling to rival Real Madrid all three times. With Real out of the competition and after having eliminated reigning champion Liverpool in the round of 16, Diego Simeone's side may be feeling that it's finally its time, especially after going unbeaten (7-0-4) since the restart in Spain. Its last loss in all competitions came Feb. 1 to Real Madrid, a span of 18 matches.

Stay tuned here for live updates and highlights of goals and key plays from throughout the match (refresh for most recent updates).

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Here are the lineups for both teams:

The winner will play PSG in the semifinals next Tuesday, with the victor advancing to the Aug. 23 final.