The question of whether Julian Alvarez made a second contact with the ball during his penalty against Real Madrid on Wednesday night has been clarified by the release of new video. In the Champions League Round of 16, Atletico Madrid lost 4-2 to their city rivals in a shootout. Marcos Llorente missed the final shot after Alvarez’s penalty was disallowed.
With this most recent loss, Atletico has now lost to Los Blancos in every knockout round of the competition since the turn of the twenty-first century, including two heartbreaking final losses. Although there is typically a lot of drama in the Madrid derby, this match had a whole different twist.
Alvarez fell as he went to make his spot-kick. After the ball found the net, there were initially celebrations, but the referee at the Wanda Metropolitano quickly stopped play so VAR could examine the video. The goal was disallowed after referees determined, following what appeared to be a very rushed assessment, that the former Manchester City striker had accidentally touched the ball twice.
New Footage of Julian Alvarez’s Controversial Penalty Emerges
Whether or not he touched the ball twice is still up for debate
Fans on the internet are still perplexed by the ruling that finally prevented Diego Simeone’s team from playing Arsenal in the quarterfinals, even in the wee hours of the morning. A recently discovered video provides the most convincing argument yet to resolve the controversy surrounding VAR’s decision to reject Alvarez’s penalty, as supporters play detective in an attempt to find conclusive evidence. View the updated video below:
Imagino que no habrá polémica, pero @CBSSportsGolazo ha mostrado con claridad por qué se dio por fallado el penalty de Julián Álvarez.
Aquí pueden ver cómo, tras chutar, el balón roza el pie de apoyo del argentino, yendo hacia arriba tras ello.
Muy claro.pic.twitter.com/uxycGymG85
— Helena 🇮🇨 (@HdeHelena_RM) March 12, 2025
Aquí una mejor toma del polémico penal de Julián Álvarez.
Toca el balón dos veces??
pic.twitter.com/VAyoETd9lV— Antonio de Valdés (@adevaldes) March 13, 2025
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The question of whether any view unequivocally demonstrates that the Argentine made a double touch prior to the ball flying past Thibaut Courtois will still be up for debate. In any case, Real Madrid, the 15-time winners, will play Arsenal in two legs in April. Other teams still in the running include Bayern Munich, Aston Villa, PSG, Borussia Dortmund, and Barcelona.
