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Sublime And Ridiculous: Fernando Torres Shows How To Go From Hero To Villain In 15 Mins

Mikey Traynor
By Mikey Traynor
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All eyes were on Camp Nou for Tuesday night's Champions League quarter-final clash between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and aside from both sides wearing their away kits like a game of FIFA 16 against your mate on the couch, there were a number of talking points in the first half.

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Most of them involved Fernando Torres, despite Barca looking a shadow of their recent selves in the opening 15 minutes, after he scored the opening goal of the game.

A beautiful pass from Koke was perfectly controlled by the former Liverpool man, before he slipped the ball through Ter Stegen's legs to claim a massive away goal:

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But then it all went south for El Nino.

Just four minutes after opening the scoring, he was shown a yellow card, and then 10 minutes later he was given his marching orders for a ridiculous challenge on Sergie Busquets:

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What was he thinking!?

While our thoughts and prayers are with Sergio Busquets in the hopes that he makes a full recovery from what, judging by his reaction, is one of the worst injuries ever sustained, Torres had a rush of blood to the head and was rightly sent for an early bath.

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Away goal, 10 men... Things just got interesting.

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