The Argentine striker charged the third penalty of Atlético, but at the time of charging it he slipped and According to the VAR, the ball touched the ball twice, which caused the cancellation of the goal.
According to the competition regulation, the referee’s decision to cancel the goal of Álvarez is justified according to FIFA rule 14, which establishes that, if the performer of a penalty plays the ball twice in a row before the arch betweenmust be penalized with an indirect free kick for the other team.
In this case, as was a penalty shootout, the annotation had to be canceled. This fell as a cold water bucket for the mattress team, which was eventually crucial in the elimination of the round of 16.
Julián Álvarez celebrated the annotation of the penalty holding his hand, But seconds later he realized the decision of the arbitration list.
⁉️💥 Is the penalty of Julián Álvarez well annulled?
✅ 𝗦𝗜.
👉🏻 There is a minimum and almost imperceptible touch that, in a very slight way, moves the ball before the Argentine’s hit.
▪️ Difficult intervention but pluscuamperfecta of Tomasz Kwiatkowski from the VAR. pic.twitter.com/z2Oktpvrry
– VAR file (@archivovar) March 12, 2025
The second leg of the quarterfinals ended 1-0 in favor of Atlético de Madrid and had to be defined in extra time, after the first leg won Real Madrid 2-1, the series ended 2-2. However, the tie remained and the winner was defined in the penalties.
Oblak laments Atlético elimination
Jan Oblak, Atlético de Madrid goalkeeper, highlighted Wednesday, after the elimination in the Champions League against Real Madrid in the penalty shootout, which is “A pity,” he admitted that “it hurts a lot” and regretted that he has “lacked luck.”
“Of course it hurts. We have made a great game, But unfortunately a little luck has lacked. A pity. It hurts a lot. People are still supporting. The truth is that we are disappointed by defeat. We have not been able to overcome, “he told ‘Movistar’.
ANDThe last penalty of Antonio Rudiger touched Oblak, but finally entered. “I had in the head that it could be on that side. In the end I have not come well to the ball and it has entered. It is this fate that we have not had. It is football. Unhappy it could not be,” he lamented.
“There is a lot of season. It’s not what we wanted. We wanted to reach the Champions Final, But we have a lot. We have to get up and we have to play this weekend against a great team like Barcelona and try to win it to be up in LaLiga. We are still alive in the Cup and hopefully we do it well and we get well until the end of the season, “he said.
The penalty canceled Julián Álvarez.
It is really on the other foot?pic.twitter.com/sncjbagh6c
– Vetta ✪ (@VetTaversco) March 12, 2025