Actual Madrid maintained their dominance over Atletico Madrid in penalty shootouts, securing a 4-2 victory of their Champions League last-16 conflict on Wednesday.
Atletico had briefly levelled the tie on mixture when Conor Gallagher scored simply 27 seconds into the match, however neither facet may discover a winner in regular or further time, resulting in a decisive shootout between the Madrid rivals for a sixth time in knockout soccer.
Alvarez’s disallowed penalty sparks debate
The turning level got here when Atletico’s Julian Alvarez had his penalty dominated out for a double contact. The Argentina worldwide slipped whereas taking his spot-kick, unintentionally hanging the ball twice earlier than it discovered the web.
Though the scoreboard initially displayed 2-2, referee Szymon Marciniak signalled the aim had been disallowed following a VAR evaluation, holding Actual Madrid forward.
Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak later saved Lucas Vazquez’s penalty to provide his facet hope, however Marcos Llorente struck the crossbar, and Antonio Rudiger sealed Actual’s win with the decisive kick.
What do the foundations say?
Based on IFAB’s Legal guidelines of the Sport, a penalty taker can’t play the ball once more till one other participant has touched it. The identical rule applies to penalties throughout open play, the place a double contact leads to an oblique free-kick for the opposing facet.
Whereas Atletico coach Diego Simeone questioned the choice, Actual Madrid supervisor Carlo Ancelotti and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois have been assured the proper name was made.
“I believe he touches it together with his left foot,” Ancelotti mentioned. “That could be a missed penalty. You can not contact the ball twice,” Courtois added.
A aamiliar story for Atletico
The defeat continues Atletico Madrid’s struggles in opposition to their metropolis rivals within the Champions League. This marks the fifth time they’ve been eradicated from the competitors by Actual, with no crew aside from Bayern Munich (seven instances) struggling extra knockouts in opposition to a single opponent.
Actual Madrid now advance to the quarter-finals, the place they may face English facet Arsenal. Madrid can be eager on holding their hopes alive for a record-extending sixteenth European Cup title.