The International Board (IFAB), responsible for the rules of the game, confirmed that as of July 1 penalties as the annulment of Atlético de Madrid Julián Álvarez in the Champions League Before Real Madrid they will be repeated if the ball enters the door and, if not, an indirect free will be granted.
Although the new drafting of the rule will enter into force on that date, The IFAB clarified that it can also be used in competitions that begin Before that date, such as the Club World Cup.
The IFAB announced Tuesday that it has done A clarification made to rule 14 relative to penaltiesafter the controversy generated by the cancellation of the transformed by Julián Álvarez in the return of the round of 16 of the Champions League, in which the rojiblanco team was eliminated (1-0/2-4).
The new wording establishes that if the executor hits the ball involuntarily with both feet simultaneously or the ball touches his foot or support leg just after executing the shot, The launch will be repeated if the ball enters the goal.
If the ball does not enter the goal, an indirect free will be granted (unless the referee grants an advantage when the action clearly benefits the defending team) or, in the case of the penalties, the launch will be recorded as failed.
In the event that the pitcher hit the ball voluntarily with both feet simultaneously or play it for the second time before it is touched by another player, an indirect free will be granted (unless the referee grants the advantage when the action clearly benefits the defending team) or, in the case of the penalty batches, the launch will be recorded as failed.
The IFAB explained that Rule 14 is fundamentally designed for those situations in which the penalty executor plays the ball for the second time voluntarily Before another player touches him (for example: after bouncing in the posts or on the crossbar without having played on the goalkeeper).
“This situation is very different from when the penalty executor hits the ball involuntarily with both feet simultaneously or when the ball touches the foot or support leg just after running the shot, something that usually happens because the pitcher slips at the time of the hit,” he said.
Because this is an “unusual” situation and not directly regulated in rule 14, the IFAB defended that “The referees have understandably opted for sanctioning the pitcher for having played the ball for the second time before another player touched him“, so that they grant an indirect free kick to the rival team or, in the case of the penalties, they register the launch as failed.
“In any case, neither It would be fair not to punish this double touch, Since the altered trajectory of the ball can leave the goalkeeper at a disadvantage, “said the agency, which confirmed that the new procedure will be applied in competitions that begin from July 1, 2025, but can be used in competitions that start before that date.
UEFA announced on March 13 that it was going to establish conversations with FIFA and IFAB to determine if rule 14 should be reviewed in cases where a double touch is clearly involuntary, after what happened with Julián Álvarez in the Champions League.
The agency responded thus after Atlético de Madrid consult him and considered the penalty, in which UEFA maintained that “although it was minimal, the player made contact with the ball with the support foot before kicking it” and supported his posture with a video.
“Under the current rule (rules of the game, rule 14.1), the VAR had to call the referee to indicate that the goal should be canceled“UEFA concluded.
The penalty of Julián Álvarez was initially granted by the Polish referee Szymon Marciniak to place the 2-2 in the throwing batch, and then annulled at the instances of the VAR, after Mbappé opened the account for Real Madrid and after the accurate launches of Sorgeh for Atlético and Bellingham for the whites.
Valverde later scored to make 1-3 for Real Madrid; Ángel Correa scored 2-3; Oblak stopped Lucas Vázquez; Marcos Llorente sent the ball to the crossbar and the German Antonio Rudiger scored the final 2-4 for the white team.