Atletico Madrid forward Julian Alvarez hopes FIFA and UEFA will make penalty shootout rules clearer than they are now.
Atletico Madrid and Argentina forward Julian Alvarez has said he did not feel two touches of the ball when he took his penalty in the Champions League last-16 second leg against Real Madrid and hopes world football’s governing bodies FIFA and UEFA will clarify the rules.
‘I’ve watched it thousands of times, there สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน are videos everywhere. The truth is I don’t feel the two touches because if there are two touches, the touch is very small and very difficult to detect.’
“I think the rule needs to be a little bit clearer because I didn’t try to take advantage and if the goalkeeper was off his line when he saved the penalty, it would have been another penalty. It’s not taking advantage, it’s a shame what happened,” Alvarez said.
Despite slipping, the Argentina forward manage to score his penalty, but the VAR ruled out the goal because Alvarez was deem to have touched the ball with both feet. Real Madrid then ent on to clinch the last-16 tie and set up a quarter-final with Arsenal.
UEFA later release video footage of the incident showing there had been contact – albeit minimal – from Alvarez’s left foot with the ball before his right foot struck the shot.
From the referee’s whistle to take the penalty to it being disallow took one minute and eight seconds.