UEFA launched an announcement on Thursday relating to World Cup-winning Argentina worldwide Julian Alvarez’s ‘double’ penalty kick throughout Atletico Madrid’s defeat to Actual Madrid within the return leg of the Champions League final 16 on the Wanda Metropolitano.
Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez scored a penalty in the course of the shootout which is later disallowed after a VAR overview(REUTERS)
Atletico took the match to the penalties after beating their Spanish league opponent 1-0 at house. Midfielder Conor Gallagher’s first-minute purpose restored parity on mixture, as neither aspect managed to seek out the higher hand within the remaining 119 minutes of the match, thus forcing the tie-break. Actual Madrid prevailed within the shootout, successful 4-2 to achieve the quarterfinal.
Nonetheless, the thrilling Madrid derby was marred by controversy after Alvarez’s penalty was disallowed after a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) examine. The Argentine, who took the second penalty for Atletico, slipped whereas taking the kick however ultimately beat Actual goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to degree the rating.
Nonetheless, the purpose was disallowed. Polish referee Szymon Marciniak referred it to VAR because the replay of the incident confirmed that his standing foot had made contact with the ball earlier than hooking it with the best foot.
A number of angles emerged after the match, displaying that the VAR name was certainly proper. But, Atletico followers argued over the choice, which led to the defeat and ultimately halted their development within the Champions League.
Lower than 24 hours after the top of the match, UEFA made a significant resolution. In keeping with Fabrizio Romano, the European soccer’s governing physique may have a phrase with FIFA and IFAB to ‘decide whether or not the rule needs to be reviewed in instances the place a double contact is clearly unintentional’.
The assertion learn: “Atlético de Madrid enquired with UEFA over the incident, which led to the disallowance of the kick from the penalty mark taken by Julián Alvarez at the end of yesterday’s UEFA Champions League match against Real Madrid.
“Though minimal, the participant made contact with the ball utilizing his standing foot earlier than kicking it, as proven within the connected video clip. Below the present rule (Legal guidelines of the Sport, Regulation 14.1), the VAR needed to name the referee signalling that the purpose needs to be disallowed.
“UEFA will enter discussions with FIFA and IFAB to determine whether the rule should be reviewed in cases where a double touch is clearly unintentional.”
Atletico boss Diego Simeone was not pleased with the choice; nevertheless, he didn’t criticise it throughout his post-match convention.
He mentioned: “I just saw the image of the penalty. The referee said that, when Julian stepped and kicked, he touched the ball with his foot. But the ball didn’t move.
“That is one thing to debate about whether or not it was a purpose or not, however I am pleased with my gamers.
“When he plants his foot and kicks, the ball doesn’t move, even a little bit. But if VAR called it, I’ve never seen a penalty called by VAR, but it’s still valid, and they’ll have seen that he touched it. I want to believe they’ll have seen that he touched it.”