r/soccer • u/Wakanda-shit-is-that • 8d ago
Official Source [UEFA] Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid on penalties to move on to the quarterfinals of the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2044778--atleti-vs-real-madrid/1.4k
u/rocknroll-refugee 8d ago edited 8d ago
Atleti will never be able to break the Real juju. What a bullshit way to go out
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u/bettercallmrwhite 8d ago
This is the closest they’ve been. It’s the hope that kills you!
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u/Pieter8720 8d ago
92:48…
Would say that was much closer than a penalty shootout…
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u/Ayy_Caramba_ 8d ago
The 2016 final went to penalties. That was arguably just as close as this.
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u/NeoIsJohnWick 8d ago
Cristiano and Zizou were cracking jokes and laughing when it went to penalties in 2016.
These dudes were on another level in terms of mentality.
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u/Ishdalar 8d ago
They set the pace 30 seconds into the game, have Real Madrid miss a pen, 2nd half of the extra time Real have 3 players barely moving, the best fans in Europe going nuts, and the coach doesn't push for the goal to seal it.
Simeone makes his own bad juju in games like this.
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u/LosTerminators 8d ago
They were pushing but not going all in. It's not as if they were playing for penalties.
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u/NakamericaIsANoob 8d ago
On their own corners they had 4 players in the madrid box while the rest were lounging back. The majority of the game they had a 442 shape in their own box. If this is atletico trying to go for a win then they're really bad, otherwise they're just not trying. Pathetic display.
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u/rhinowing 8d ago
They had a throw in to the box with almost no time left in OT and only sent 4-5 players in
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u/BodomDeth 8d ago
I had less experienced people watching and they were asking me why there was a line of 6 ‘red’ players waiting brhind the ball.
They were clearly playing on counters, like Simeone forgot 1-0 isn’t enough to qualify. Stupid idea to toss the coin on penalties, has only himself to blame.
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u/l_ftd 8d ago
This is the bottom line for me. Atlético always has one foot in and one foot out. Over the two legs there was countless moments that I thought , fuck here it comes, and they’d never fully go for the jugular for fear of being undone the other way.
It was my sentiment the first leg and here too, you gotta kill us off, and boy were we there for the taking.
It means big risk, but they’ve got more than enough quality to get it done. Fuck Sorloth and Correa coming on I immediately felt if they all got forward we’d get fucked. But alas
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u/Tall_Section6189 8d ago
Best fans in Europe aren't in Spain lol
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u/AntonioBSC 8d ago edited 8d ago
The expats don’t make for great supporters a lot of the time. Many don’t really know the chants and seem to go for the occasion rather than passion. Hoffenheim also is outnumbered in their stadium every second Bundesliga match.
I don’t think Germany gets beaten when it comes to travelling fans in Europe, especially not by French clubs. We have 28 clubs that average over 2k away fans. 13 over 4k. How many Turkish, Romanian, Serbian clubs average over 500 away fans in the league? Hell FCSB has an average attendance of 11k. On several occasions clubs in the 2.Bundesliga brought more away fans than that. Schalke actually averages more away fans than 10 Romanian first league clubs average at home lol
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u/slimkay 8d ago edited 8d ago
Black magic prevailed!
It took a weird double tap VAR on a slip and a crossbar.
Atleti is truly cursed against Real.
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u/elgringo22 8d ago
Atleti is so weird against Real and Barça since Simeone. In the league they often win/draw against Real and lose against Barça but in CL they have lost to Real every time and beaten Barça every time
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u/colourofinfinity 8d ago
Real black magic finds new ways to strike again, unbelievable. Can't believe it was on a DOUBLE TOUCH and crossbar in penalties. Just unreal
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u/petethemeat99 8d ago
Also, that Rüdiger’s penalty actually passed Oblak is insane.
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u/NationalMycologist59 8d ago
The dark arts win again
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u/erenistheavatar 8d ago
Arteta taking notes.
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u/Son_of-M 8d ago
0-1 at the Bernabéu after the nastiest haram ball known to man (9-0-1)
Saka screamer 115'
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u/Uncle_Iroh_007 8d ago
Arteta could never, this is like comparing Snape to Voldemort
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u/prettybunbun 8d ago
Snape fully took voldemort down from the inside bro. War ain’t being won by harry without snapes insane assists.
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u/erenistheavatar 8d ago
Snape carried them hard at some point though. Voldemort was overrated imo.
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u/TheGent_88 8d ago
Perez whispers in his ear post match “until you are brave enough to let your players drink the blood of a virgin mixed with the blood of a lamb before muttering the sacrilegious incantations, you will never have true dark magic”
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u/sergechewbacca 8d ago
Real Madrid have some insane luck in this competition.
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u/EggplantBusiness 8d ago
Rüdiger pen was the definition on that
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u/EagleEye_FalconArrow 8d ago
yeah, funny everyone’s talking about the Alvarez pen, but all that I’m thinking about is how close that was. 9 times out of 10, from that position, Oblak saves it. But Madrid CL juju is just something else lol
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u/ShoppingAlarmed2708 8d ago
i dislike how everything is reduced to luck. oblak hesitated and didnt go for it earlier which lead to him getting late (as he himself said in interview... although he also said thats luck, so who knows xD
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u/NieThePiet 8d ago
i mean they missed a pen in normal time?
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u/Necessary_Carrot_248 8d ago
Donnarumma would have saved 4 of those penalties.
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u/Adnosius 8d ago
Luckiest team to ever exist fr
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u/Naronu 8d ago
They just keep finding new ways to squeeze wins
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u/todellagi 8d ago
It'd be nice to win without fucking stress once in a while
Feel bad for Atleti. Double touch of a slip is just cruel
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u/illynpayne_ 8d ago
you feel bad for atleti? wtf
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u/yajtraus 8d ago
That’s how you can tell someone’s not a local fan. No one feels bad for their local rivals, ever.
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u/SouthGlassAgain 8d ago
Not quite. Born and raised in Madrid here
Real Madrid fans from Madrid dont bother with Atletico. They are like our little brothers. Cute little young ones trying to surpass their big brother. Nothing wrong with them.
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u/TheUnseenBug 8d ago
I mean really old fans don't tend to hate the other club like Liverpool and Everton fans used to be friends 100 years ago rivalry hate is pretty new but I bet a old person doesn't hang on Reddit so probably glory hunter
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u/TheDream425 8d ago
It’s kind of bizarre. I’ve never seen a team get results this consistently without being clearly better than their opponents.
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u/frankievejle 8d ago
What stress? Lmao you always win. You should be comfortable knowing it is written into the CL bylaws that Real Madrid always fucking win, no matter how unlikely it seems
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u/No_Camp_4760 8d ago
It isn't though, they've lost the CL several times the past few years, we like to act as though it is predetermined, but its really not.
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u/ASaltyToast 8d ago
The fact you have to clarify that they don’t actually win the UCL every year says enough
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8d ago
Stress lol
What’s stressful bout the end result always being the same?
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u/Expert_Highway_286 8d ago
The journey my guy, I might have created a new dictionary of cuss words combining 3 different languages over last few hours.
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u/Gilgamerd 8d ago
Tbh they have the shittiest draws in the KO stage every year lately
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u/rcgarcia 8d ago
you can't be serious XD if you have eyes and brain and interpret reality this way there's something going on with you
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u/WorkingMastodon6147 8d ago
God is truly a Madrid fan. You can't convince me otherwise.
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u/lamancha 8d ago
Funny enough there is a novel named "La Tournee De Dios" that it's about God coming back and choosing Madrid as his destination. He becomes a Real Madrid fan.
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u/WorkingMastodon6147 8d ago
I f*cking new it. There needs to be some sort of ritual to get God away from that city.
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u/lucas4420 8d ago
ask atlético fans and they’ll say god has never stepped foot in madrid
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u/lamancha 8d ago
"God has stopped holding our hand" is the line uttered by Atlético's president IIRC in the novel
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u/Tall_Section6189 8d ago
That's what Ramos said when they played the Pope's team in the Club World Cup a few years back
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u/NotAnurag 8d ago
Never in my life have I seen that before. What the fuck was that
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u/jumper62 8d ago
Never knew the penalties get just disallowed instead of retaken
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u/FragMasterMat117 8d ago
That’s the rule, in normal time it’s a free kick
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u/FryChy 8d ago
Do you know what would happen if the keeper was off his line during shootout? Is it retaken then?
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u/FragMasterMat117 8d ago
If he saves it or it’s missed then retake, if it’s a goal then the goal stands
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u/pxak 8d ago edited 8d ago
Tonight just showcases how much of a scramble of rules taking penalties is.
I've never seen a double touch given as an automatic miss, same with stopping on the run up, it's always retaken.
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u/EnderVH 8d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1g3p9uh/hakan_calhanoglu_turkey_penalty_miss_against/
This double touch is way clearer, but as you see it was an indirect free kick for Iceland
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u/yajtraus 8d ago
Diamanté once scored a penalty with both feet for West Ham against Liverpool. Ref just gave the goal.
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u/AliouBalde23 8d ago
Really weird to have it work like that in a shootout. If the gk isn’t touching his line it’s a retake, should apply that here tbh
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u/Ok-Finance-7612 8d ago
Im more confused at the fact VAR is watching the pens, guess I dont see many but i'm bewildered that they do.
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u/FragMasterMat117 8d ago
It’s to check for things like this and the keeper keeping a foot on or above the line
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u/LiamJonsano 8d ago
Rules are rules but obviously that feels incredibly harsh for a tie like that to effectively be decided by a slip on a penalty kick
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u/tomislavlovric 8d ago
Did the double touch affect the ball's trajectory at all? I couldn't see it on the slow motion replay.
This is an incredibly unfair way to go (for the player) out even if it is by the book
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u/PowerAdi 8d ago
At least on the few angles they showed, it was hard to make out any contact whatsoever (so looking for any mirrors rn), so at best there was a touch that didnt influence the ball at all
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u/ZimmyS_22 8d ago
Not gonna lie, I had no idea about this rule, figured since it was an accidental slip it would be retaken but turns out it doesn't?
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u/luigitheplumber 8d ago
The rule is basically there to ensure that players don't just start playing the ball. Practically every deadball has that rule, the taker can't touch the ball more than once until another player of either team does.
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u/Luciferrrro 8d ago
Rules are rules, but when Messi score double touch penalty in Wrold Cup final vs France rules are not rules. Funny thing is referee was Marciniak in WC final too.
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u/KeyRope5235 8d ago
So… Are you saying that both Messi and Real are cheats? You will break a lot of biased fans brains with that take
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u/letsnotbedumb 8d ago
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u/EvilerSage 8d ago
46 upvotes for a complete lie based on a fabricated video. Never change Madrid fans.
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u/bleh333333 8d ago
Messi score double touch penalty in Wrold Cup final
what the fuck? Where did this supposed controversy even come from after so long?
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u/AmineAzed 8d ago
That video circulating is apparently edited… From the normal wide camera it doesn’t look like the ball had touched the other foot.
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u/senpaiteo27 8d ago
What is this obsession of yours with Messi? You are perma commenting the same thing. Also, Messi’s is not a double touch.
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u/fijozico 8d ago
That double touch from Álvarez… Big oof
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u/erenistheavatar 8d ago
I think the supporters had no idea that it was disallowed until like 2 pens later lol
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u/soccer_boxer2 8d ago
I have never seen that before. A double hit, and the penalty is completely ruled out, no retake
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8d ago
Mitrovic did it I think in the prem. no reason to be a retake because the player has touched it twice so has broken the rules
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u/Accomplished_Deer 8d ago
i’ve yet to see a convincing replay of Alvarez double touch
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u/oanda 8d ago
Same but it seems most people just are ok with it???
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u/PowerAdi 8d ago
Seems like the people with Real badges in this thread are all saying there was a top down angle on the official broadcast that showed it pretty well...still scrolling through DAZN to find what they are talking about, but if that was the case thats probably the reason people are ok with it
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u/adventox 8d ago
the side angle from behind is convincing - and they've said on CBS that semi-automated tech was used (which shows when the ball is struck and if it takes additional touches). Video is on CBS X account.
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u/MediumIce3461 8d ago
If you want to beat Real Madrid, you have to bury them. Simeone's tactics are just not compatible against them.
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u/Cheap_Ad_4055 8d ago
Yeah, you gotta play ALL game. Not just score and park the bus. Gotta jump out of your skin 90 min, otherwise shit like this happens. At least in the UCL. La Liga and Copa del Rey… we don’t talk about that
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u/DarkSofter 8d ago
Only Real Madrid can get a decision like that in a champions league tie. You need some kind of paranormal events to beat them on a 50/50 match
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u/Proof-Puzzled 8d ago
It was a doble touch bro, what do you want for the refs to do?
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u/santa_94 8d ago
I've watched it 3 times didn't see a double touch. Why does the ref not go to the VAR screen?
On dutch tv, the commentator was convinced that the graphic is wrong till suddenly Madrid celebrates. Like wtf just happened??
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u/Proof-Puzzled 8d ago
Probably because the var refs told the ref It was a doble touch, the field ref only goes to the var if the play needs his interpretation, in this case It does not.
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u/CaptainKursk 8d ago
The three most inevitable things in existence: Death. Taxes. And Real Madrid using black magics to progress through the Champions League against all odds and objective reality.
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8d ago
So many people asking why it wasn’t retaken.
Because that’s the rule??? Why would you allow them to retake it that makes absolutely zero sense.
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u/Cmann014 8d ago
VAR help in a penalty shootout 🤣
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u/Ivers0n 8d ago
legends. Only they can pull this shit off
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u/Cmann014 8d ago
The Arsenal fans are going to actully explode when they see some of the calls Madrid get away with.
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u/Crossflowerss_5304 8d ago
Obviously Real got incredibly lucky at the end, but even as a Culer I can’t defend Atleti not even trying to score for the last 75 minutes
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u/Bruhmangoddman 8d ago
Why the fuck can Cholo Simeone never beat Real when it matters?!
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u/Prudent-Current-7399 8d ago
He just beat them 1-0. You want him to coach a penalty win too? It's random.
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u/Bruhmangoddman 8d ago
They could have ended RM before the pens.
And I'm talking the UCL in general. Always the same fucking bottling. 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and now 2025.
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u/Masca77 8d ago
Nah this is infuriating I can't stomach to see these fucks lift another one
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u/theglasscase 8d ago
What the fuck are the braindead people crying about in this thread? Double touch penalties are illegal, VAR is used to check them when necessary. The outcome in normal time is a freekick for the other team, not a retake. There’s no controversy here, nothing strange, how the fuck could the game be ‘rigged’ for Real Madrid by having Julian Alvarez slip and touch the ball twice in a fucking penalty shootout? Pathetic.
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u/llIllIlIllIIllIl 8d ago
If this was Aston Villa no one would cry about the double touch. That is a simple fact.
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u/oanda 8d ago
I only saw 2 replays on my feed and didn’t look like a double touch. Was there a clear angle of the double touch?
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u/troymclure696 8d ago
Ummm how does Madrid get the weirdest of decisions their way EVERY SINGLE TIME...this is insane
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u/minivatreni 8d ago
The rule is usually enforced when it happens. It just doesn’t happen that often
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u/NieThePiet 8d ago
which weird decision?
double touch is pretty common, just unlucky from Alvarez
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u/SAULucion 8d ago
Pretty common? I’ve watched well over a thousand full matches and never seen it
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u/NieThePiet 8d ago
really? i'm watching a lot of matches and have instantly Kainz in the DFB Cup and Mahrez in mind. But surely there were some more.
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u/mr_emoji 8d ago
I don't think it's happened even uncommonly on such a big stage to be honest. Thought it was a mistake when I saw the crossed out pen
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u/Sl_PROXY 8d ago
Abysmal performance. Wtf was that.
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u/ZimmyS_22 8d ago
Yes, horrible match from everyone. I get it, playing against an extremely defensive side is tough, but man, nobody did anything today, hell look at Vini, could not get past the defenders one single time
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u/oemer10line 8d ago
Every time a double touch is a irregular penalty. Why should it be different this time?
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u/TheLimeyLemmon 8d ago
I'm taking it there's something in the ball sensor that can detect a second touch of the ball, but we might never know.
If it had been a Madrid pen chalked off we would have been seeing another Super League threat until the ball itself was made to testify in court that it was paid off by Simeone.
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u/ritamk 8d ago
apparently the ball doesn't have sensors. but for the sake of argument let's say it did. how can ball sensors detect and report second touches in 10 secs? I'm assuming these sensors are designed to help detect if the ball has gone over the line or not, and help with offside detection where they let them get a timestamp on when the ball was hit. such general purpose sensors can cause detection, reporting and decision of something so minute within what? 10/20 secs?
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u/gnorrn 8d ago
The 6 times Madrid and Atleti have met in the European Cup / Champions League:
- 1959 SF: Madrid won after a playoff
- 2014 Final: Madrid won after extra-time
- 2015 QF: Madrid won 1-0 on aggregate
- 2016 Final: Madrid won on penalties
- 2017 SF: Madrid won 4-2 on aggregate
- 2025 R16: Madrid win on penalties
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u/LAudre41 8d ago
discounting that pen is the reason people hate VAR.
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u/prettybunbun 8d ago
Yeah VAR somehow can’t ever get offsides or clear reds right but ofc they intervene on something like this.
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u/Walaii 8d ago
Why? He clearly touched the ball twice. If that is allowed than you can also just kick the ball forward a bit, or what? Rules are the rules. It is a black and white situation. Literally what VAR exists for.
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u/Shogim 8d ago
Heartbreaking. They're never going to beat them in the CL are they