IFAB clarifies double touch penalty pules after Álvarez controversy
June 5 – The International Football Association Board (IFAB), the game’s lawmaker, has clarified the ‘double touch’ penalty law following last season’s controversial Julián Álvarez penalty in Atletico Madrid’s UEFA Champions League round of 16 loss to cross-city rivals Real.
The Argentine international is probably still having nightmares about his infamous penalty kick as the tie tended 2-2 over the two legs, before Real secured their passage to the quarter-finals in a penalty shootout.
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