The Spanish capital giants got a bit closer to a shocking return to the UEFA Champions League final after stopping Bayern's attack.

Diego Simeone seems to have found the way to stop all Catalan-based managers...at least in UEFA Champions League matches.

Following their shocking win against Barcelona a couple of weeks ago, Los Colchoneros stopped Bayern Munich's well-oiled machine and handed them a 1-0 defeat at Vicente Calderón Stadium. Simeone's men scored during the first half thanks to a left-footed strike by Saul Niguez, but their display after that goal was simply stunning.

Using almost every trick in the bag, Simeone's men defended their ground and even came close to scoring another goal, but the post denied Fernando Torres a goal during th game's final stretch. Guardiola's crew was unable to break Atlético's ironclad defense, and their chances of winning the treble are slowly slipping away.

Atlético's defensive system proved to be quite effective one more time, as Simeone's men closed the courtain for the 14th time out of 16 matches under the Argentinean boss in UEFA Champions League matches. In fact, Atlético has kept a clean sheet in 135 of Simeone's 236 games in charge, making it clear that Bayern will need more than a smile to make it to the finals, even if the series goes back to Munich next week.

Here's how fans and experts reacted to Atlético's performance today.

Even Atletico's own Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco celebrated his team-mates' performance.