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UEFA Has Wanted to Settle the Controversy Over Julián Álvarez's Penalty With a Forceful Statement
Last night, Real Madrid defeated Atlético de Madrid in the UEFA Champions League round of 16. The match, which was extremely even from the start, ended with both teams facing off in a fateful penalty shootout. Rüdiger scored the decisive goal, but minutes earlier, with Julián Álvarez as the protagonist, controversy erupted.
Atlético de Madrid's star signing was about to take his penalty with the hope of putting Simeone's team ahead. The truth is, he achieved his goal, as the ball went into the back of the net without Courtois being able to do anything to stop it. However, the shot was not clean, and after a VAR review, it was inexplicably disallowed.
It turns out that, upon viewing the images, it can be seen that Julián Álvarez, who slips just before striking, makes contact with the ball with both feet. A situation that is covered in the rules and led to the disallowance of Atlético de Madrid's goal. But it also sparked a wave of comments and reactions against it, a reason that led UEFA to break its silence.
UEFA Responds to Atlético de Madrid's Complaints
Right after the match ended, Simeone was the first to raise his voice about what happened. "When he plants his foot, the ball doesn't move even a little bit. If VAR called him, which I've never seen happen in a penalty, they must believe they saw him touch it," he began saying.
But little by little, Simeone got more heated and ended up exploding. "Did he touch it twice or not? Raise your hand if you saw Julián touch it twice! Come on, come on!" he snapped at the journalists attending the press conference.
That's why UEFA wanted to address the accusations and sent a statement to clarify what exactly happened. The body that controls the top club competition doesn't understand the discussion and explained it as such. They did so with a written explanation and attached a video confirming their explanations.
"The player made contact with the ball with his supporting foot before kicking it, as shown in the attached video. Under the current rule (Laws of the Game, Law 14.1), VAR had to call the referee to indicate that the goal should be disallowed."
Therefore, despite Atlético de Madrid's complaints, it seems that UEFA is clear: the penalty is correctly disallowed.
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