Julian Alvarez Penal: Why was Atletico Madrid Spot Kick Disabled in Real Madrid? | Football news
The shot of Julian Alvarez’s shot was controversial in the shooting of Atletico Madrid in the Real Madrid victory in the Champions League – but why was it disabled, and did it break the rules at all?
Alvarez was second on Atletic’s penalty list in their Champions League in the last 16 shooting, after being defeated by the city rival Real 1-0 in the second leg to incorporate a 2-2 connection to the aggregate.
The Argentine increased from 12 meters and, despite the skating, broke his penalty under the crossbar next to the helpless Thibault Courtois. More than a minute later, the shot was banned after checking Var, who ruled that he had touched the ball with both legs as he fell.
In IFAB’s laws of the game 2024/25, describing the proceedings of the criminal shooting, it stated: “[A penalty] Kick is completed when the ball stops moving, exiting the game or the referee stops playing for any insults; Kicker may not play the ball a second time. “
In the end, this would prove to be crucial in the shooting because Real progressed 4-2 on the spot blows, and Marcos Llorente and Lucas Vazquez also missed penalties for both sides.
At the time of Alvarez’s effort was rejected, Real’s next Taker Federico Valverde was waiting for some time when Judge Szymon Marciniak, who was a man in the middle for the final victory of Man City at the Champions League over 2023, pointed out that he was delayed on his feet.
The large parts of the support within the Metropolitano Wanda stadium are not aware that Alvarez’s efforts were abolished, while many were watched by the general public whether it had to be disabled at all.
The head of Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone refused to criticize Marciniak and his team of officials, but he asked if there was a convincing proof that Alvarez had twice touched the ball – because it seemed that numerous TV corners showed that his standing leg may not have contacted her at all.
“I just saw a picture of the sentence,” he told his press conference after the match. “The referee said that when Julián stepped and struck, he touched the ball with his foot, but the ball did not move. This is something about whether it was naked or not, but I’m proud of his players.
“When he plant his foot and hits, the ball doesn’t even move. But if Var called him, I never saw the punishment he called, but it’s still valid, and he’ll see he touched him. I want to believe he’ll see him touch him.”
Addressing the journalist’s room directly, he added, “What did you see? Raise your hand if you think Julian knocked twice. I didn’t talk to him.”
At first, there was no apparent sign that Marciniak Var told him about the current check, and after the match, the real goalkeeper Courtois admitted that he emphasized the referee that he felt that Alvarez had committed the criminal offense – which may have been what had led to the wait.
“I felt he touched the ball twice and I told the judge,” he said. “It’s not easy to see it. There was some bad luck.”
