When Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid in a Champions League penalty shootout, Kylian Mbappe seemed to warn referees about Julian Alvarez’s “double touch.”

After a VAR review found that the Argentine had touched the ball with his standing foot before launching his attempt into the roof of the net, referee Szymon Marciniak chalked out the Argentine’s successful spot-kick in a peculiar sequence of events.

When the home fans in the Riyadh Air Metropolitano celebrated, thinking their team had leveled the playing field, footage of the incident seems to show the Frenchman alerting the fourth official to the problem.

During the exhausting 120 minutes, numerous players fell due to the slick surface, with the former Manchester City striker suffering the most serious injuries.

Conor Gallagher’s six-minute goal helped Diego Simeone’s team overcome a 2-1 deficit from the first leg, but they would ultimately lose another European match from the penalty spot against their city rivals.

According to French publication L’Equipe, Atletico did not object to the decision to block Alvarez’s attempt since the striker acknowledged to his coach that he had touched the ball twice. This was a startling change of character.

not provide conclusive evidence. ‘The kicker may not play the ball a second time’ is one of the IFAB’s rules of golf.

Unlike the ball used by FIFA at the World Cup or UEFA at the Euros to evaluate an impact, the Champions League ball does not include an integrated chip.

The Champions League does, however, use semi-automated offside technology (SOAT), which automatically determines the “kick-point” for offside calls using 30 in-stadium cameras and artificial intelligence.

Instead of using the video replays, VAR might have used that technology to determine that Alvarez had touched the ball twice.

Before Vinicius Jr. stepped up and blasted a penalty into the crowd during regular time, Los Blancos were lamenting their failure from 12 yards out.

The Brazilian, who was substituted before the game went to penalties, had a terrible night because he was unable to play.

Along with Jude Bellingham, Federico Valverde, and Antonio Rudiger, Mbappe was one of four Madrid players to convert in the shootout.

In the competition’s quarterfinals, Carlo Ancelotti’s team will play Arsenal in an attempt to win a record-tying 16th Champions League title.