UEFA published a statement on March 13 where she assured that Julián Álvarez, an Argentine player of Atlético de Madrid, touched the ball twice at the launch of the penalty against Real Madrid, the same as the Polish referee Szymon Marciniak annulled at the request of the VAR, The return of the round of 16 of the Champions League.
In the statement, in which it includes the image of the launch, UEFA explains that “although it was minimal, the player made contact with the ball with the support foot before kicking it, as shown in the attached 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 annulled. UEFA will establish conversations with FIFA and IFAB to determine if the rule should be checked in cases where a double touch is clearly involuntary,” he adds.
UEFA explained that Atlético de Madrid has consulted him for the incident that caused the cancellation of the penalty, in which Julián Álvarez, who slips when launching, It surpasses Courtois and was validated by the referee to place the 2-2 in the launch batch, although Marciniak later annulled it.
The VAR warned the referee that the Atlético player had touched the ball with both feet in the hit, an infraction that contemplate the game rules of the International Football Board (IFAB) in standard 14 that regulates the penalty throws.
Epigraph 1 of the same indicates that “The penalty executor will play the ball with his foot forward; it is allowed to hit him with the heel whenever the ball moves forward“And he adds that the pitcher” will not be able to play the ball for the second time until another player has touched it. “
The penalty canceled Julián Álvarez and the UEFA explanation
Point 2 of the rule indicates that if this infraction occurs, an indirect free, or direct free will be granted if the ball is touched by hand. But last night, As Julián Álvarez’s launch was in the penalty shootout to resolve the game, the goal was not valid, Decision that the members of the Rojiblanco Club do not share in understanding that the ‘double touch’ of the Argentine striker is not appreciated in the images, as was palpable at Diego Pablo Simeone’s press conference.
After the victory of Real Madrid in penalties 4-2, after Atlético was imposed in the regulation time (1-0) and tied the tie, the rojiblanco team requested explanations from the early morning of this March 13 to UEFA because it considers that it is “poorly annulled” the penalty.
The club considers that Norma 14 of the International Board is not fulfilled and refers to the extract of article 14 of the aforementioned rules of the game that states that “the ball will be at stake at the time when it is hit and moved clearly.”
Atlético de Madrid does not understand how such a decisive play can be resolved in just one minute.
Julián Álvarez’s penalty was canceled after Mbappé opened the account for Real Madrid and after the accurate releases of Sorloth 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 defender of the title.