26 h. ago Julian Alvarez penalty: UEFA release new video footage with conclusive evidence of double touch

UEFA put out statement after night of huge controversy in the Champions League

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26 h. ago Uefa responds to outrage over Julian Alvarez penalty controversy in Champions League exit

Uefa will raise the penalty ruling with Fifa and law-maker Ifab over ‘cases where a double touch is clearly unintentional’

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26 h. ago Julian Alvarez penalty: UEFA to hold talks with FIFA and IFAB over double

Talks to determine whether rule should be changed ‘in cases where a double touch is clearly unintentional’

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27 h. ago Penalty drama in Madrid as Real find a way yet again – Football Weekly Extra podcast

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini, Mark Langdon and Sid Lowe to chew over the Champions League actionRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; even for Real Madrid this felt like a particularly novel way to progress in the Champions League, with Atlético’s Julián Alvarez adjudged to have double-kicked his penalty in the shootout. Cue confusion on the pitch, in the dugout, the press box and at home. But, once the dust had settled, Carlo Ancelotti’s team were through again. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago How Arsenal players reacted to Real Madrid win and Julian Alvarez penalty controversy

Gunners learned their Champions League quarter-final opponents in the dressing room at Emirates Stadium

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30 h. ago Why was Julian Alvarez's penalty not retaken after double touch drama?

Atletico Madrid shootout spot-kick was ruled out by VAR on night of huge controversy against Real Madrid in the Champions League

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31 h. ago What furious Diego Simeone said after Julian Alvarez penalty controversy

Atletico Madrid boss left seething after huge shootout decision as Real Madrid advance in Champions League drama

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32 h. ago Furious Diego Simeone slams VAR penalty decision after controversial Real Madrid defeat

Atletico Madrid star Julian Alvarez saw his penalty cancelled by VAR midway through the shootout against rivals Real Madrid, having been adjudged to have touched the ball twice

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33 h. ago Atletico and Julian Alvarez were knocked out of the Champions League by one of the worst rules in football

Julian Alvarez was ruled to have hit the ball twice before scoring in Atletico’s penalty shootout defeat to Real Madrid, but only after VAR intervened to make the controversial judgement

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33 h. ago Atletico and Julian Alvarez were knocked out by an absurd penalty rule that must be changed

Julian Alvarez was ruled to have hit the ball twice before scoring in Atletico’s penalty shootout defeat to Real Madrid, but only after VAR intervened to make the controversial judgement

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41 h. ago Why Julian Alvarez penalty against Real Madrid was disallowed despite inconclusive replays

Julian Alvarez and the Atletico Madrid crowd thought he had successfully dispatched his penalty kick, only for an intervention from the VAR to determine he had kicked the ball twice

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41 h. ago Why was Julian Alvarez’s penalty disallowed by VAR? Atletico

The Atletico Madrid striker was ruled to have ‘doubled touched’ the ball during the penalty shoot-out defeat to rivals Real Madrid

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42 h. ago Real Madrid beat rivals Atletico after VAR CANCELS Julian Alvarez's penalty in shootout

Julian Alvarez was judged to have touched the ball twice after stepping up to take his penalty in the shootout, and after the successful spot kick was cancelled it was left to Antonio Rudiger to win it for Real Madrid

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