Champions League Atletico knocked champions Barcelona out

Atletico Madrid left-back Filipe Luis was realistic with his words and heaped plenty of praise onto Barcelona after his side's 3-2 aggregate win over the Blaugrana on Wednesday, booking Diego Simeone's men a place in the Champions League semi-finals.

The Brazil international worked tirelessly up and down the left flank, with his late throughball earning Los Colchoneros a vital penalty, after Andres Iniesta was forced to handle the pass in order to prevent it from reaching Antoine Griezmann.

"We have achieved what we wanted to and we are satisfied, but we still haven't won anything. If you relax for a moment, you could throw away your entire season," explained Filipe Luis.

"Barcelona have the best strikers in the world, and they are always going to create chances, but we have managed to match them."

The former Chelsea left-back had one thing clear heading into the Champions League semi-final draw, with the Brazilian also labelling their win over Barcelona as one of the best moments of his career.

"The only thing that I ask in the semi-finals is that we avoid Real Madrid, we don't want to play them.

"I thought that in my career I would never get to experience as good of a game against Barcelona as I did back in 2014, and the game from today [Wednesday] has been even better.

"For me, Barcelona are still the best team in the world, by a long way," he said.

Young teammate Lucas Hernandez appeared less phased by the prospect of facing Real Madrid.

"We will see what happens. If it is Madrid, then it is Madrid," reasoned the young Frenchman in the mixed zone.