Chief of Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone ‘wants to believe’ Julian Alvarez Punishment Decision has sincerely made

The head of Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone said he “wanted to believe” that Var saw that Julian Alvarez had twice touched the ball in last night’s dramatic penalty victory in Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Alvarez was thought to have hit the ball on standing with his foot and the video was excluded, although it was not immediately clear from the reprise.

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Because Marcos Llorente also missed Atletico, as did Lucas Vazquez for Madrid, it was left to Antoni Rudiger to squeeze the winning penalty of the past Jan Cloud to send Carla Ancelotti men to a quarterfinal meeting with Arsenal.

Simeone questions of decisions

It was Alvarez’s sentence that dominated the conversation after the match and Simeone was not convinced that it was a real call.

“I just saw the pictures, the referee says Julián touches the ball with his foot, but the ball doesn’t move,” he said. “It’s debatable, whether it’s a goal or not. But I’m proud of my players, I’m honestly happy, because we competed in an exemplary way.

“When Julián hits (punishment), the ball doesn’t even move. I imagine they called Var and saw that he had touched him. I want to believe he would see that he touched him.”

Athlets beat 1-0 in the night thanks to the goal of Conor Gallagher in the introductory minute But they failed to find a second during a high energy game, but low quality.

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Diego Simeone responds to the drama of Julian Alvarez after the release of Atletico Madrid.

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The Thibaut Courtois goalkeeper in Madrid thought that the right decision was made regarding Alvarez’s shot, and he and his teammates quickly set up their judges on the Szymon Marciniak field.

“I felt he touched the ball twice and told the judge,” Belgian said. “It’s not easy to see.”

However, Simeone was impressed by questioning the integrity of the VAR.

“It is clear to Uefa. I am sick of this victim, I always cry for such things. Referees do not want to benefit from one team or the other in Spain or in Europe, because it was clear. With technology, they have clearly seen her in the room, they have a lot of cameras and a lot of pictures.”