ZURICH — The legal guidelines on taking a penalty kick had been clarified Tuesday after Julián Álvarez’s unintentional double contact helped to get rid of Atlético Madrid from the Champions League.
The brand new interpretation will take impact in UEFA-organized video games Wednesday when Germany performs Portugal in a Nations League semifinal in Munich, the European soccer physique mentioned.
The replace printed by FIFA-backed guidelines panel IFAB means the type of penalty Átletico ahead Álvarez had disallowed after scoring in a shootout towards Actual Madrid in March ought to now be retaken.
Álvarez slipped and kicked the ball towards his standing left foot within the shootout within the Champions League spherical of 16.
After the looping ball beat Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for an obvious rating, the purpose was dominated out by a video evaluation and Atlético finally misplaced the shootout.
The legal guidelines of soccer regarding the penalty kick and penalty shootout had been seen as appropriately utilized in Madrid although too vaguely worded. The incident was extensively judged to have been unfair as Álvarez didn’t intentionally slip and take the double contact to realize a bonus.
“This case is uncommon, and as it’s not instantly coated in Legislation 14, referees have understandably tended to penalize the kicker,” IFAB mentioned in a press release. “Nonetheless, this a part of Legislation 14 is primarily meant for conditions the place the penalty taker intentionally touches the ball a second time earlier than it has touched one other participant.”
IFAB clarified in a round letter to soccer stakeholders {that a} penalty kick which is scored now after an unintentional double contact must be retaken.
A double-touch penalty that isn’t scored won’t be retaken. In a shootout, such a penalty “is recorded as missed,” IFAB mentioned, and through regulation time or additional time a free kick may be awarded to the defending workforce.
The clarified rule additionally will apply on the Membership World Cup which begins on June 14 in the US. The 32-team lineup contains Atlético.
IFAB is comprised of FIFA plus the 4 British soccer federations. Guidelines may be modified with six of the eight votes that are distributed by 4 to FIFA and one every to the British.
