The Atlético de Madrid striker, Julián Álvarez, hits the ball from the penalty spot.
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He double touch of the ball in a penalty, which deprived Julián Álvarez to score in the decisive batch in the qualifying one against Real Madrid in the last Champions League, will now force to repeat the maximum penaltythe IFAB announced on Tuesday, an agency that dictates the standards of football.
The penalty “in which executor hits the ball involuntarily with both feet simultaneously or the ball touches her foot or support leg just after running the launch” is a “Unusual situation”admitted the IFAB in its statement.
Being a situation “that is not regulated” in the football regulations, “the referees have understood understandably to sanction the pitcher for having played the ball for the second time before another player touched him.”
“Thus, they grant an indirect free kick to the rival team or, in the case of penalty batches, They register the launch as failed”, Added the entity.
After what happened on March 12, when the Atlético de Madrid He lost his eighth round of the Champions League in front of Real Madrid in a batch of penalties in which the launch of Julián Álvarez was canceled after the Argentine twice touched the ball, the ball twice, the ball twice, IFAB has decided to modify the standard.
As of July 1, when this situation occurs and whenever the pitcher touches the ball twice involuntarily, “If the ball enters the goal, it will be repeated” The launch.
“If the ball does not enter the goal, an indirect free will be granted (unless the referee grants an advantage when the action clearly benefits the defending team) or, in the case of penalty batches, The launch will be recorded as failed”, Said the IFAB in its circular.
Consulted by the AFP, the FIFA said that the standard will be applied in the Club World Cup (From June 14 to July 13), a tournament in which the two Madrid teams are classified and that could see the faces again in the final rounds.
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