Uefa says it’ll talk about the principles round penalties with the sport’s lawmakers after Julian Alvarez’s spot kick was disallowed in Atletico Madrid’s Champions League exit.
Throughout a penalty shootout in Atletico’s last-16 tie with rivals Actual Madrid,
Nevertheless, following a evaluation by the video assistant (VAR) referee, the purpose was dominated out becaue the Argentine ahead was deemed to have touched the ball twice and Actual went via after profitable the shootout 4-2.
On Thursday, European soccer’s governing physique Uefa mentioned that regardless of the legislation being utilized appropriately in Madrid, it could evaluation the present guidelines with the Worldwide Soccer Affiliation Board (IFAB) and world governing physique Fifa concerning instances the place a double contact is “clearly unintentional”.
Article 14.1 of IFAB’s legal guidelines round a penalty states: “The kicker should not play the ball once more till it has touched one other participant.”
In an announcement, Uefa mentioned: “Underneath the present rule (Legal guidelines of the Sport, Legislation 14.1), the VAR needed to name the referee signalling that the purpose needs to be disallowed.”
Atletico have misplaced all six of their penalty shoot-outs towards neighbours Actual Madrid in all competitions.