🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Atletico Madrid has a filed a complained to UEFA regarding last night’s penalty call. The club cannot move on and are outraged.
The club’s officials can’t comprehend why the video assistant referee didn’t call his colleague to review the play on the monitor, which would have surely annulled the action.
It was initially assumed that this was given for an alleged handball by Koke.
But it was later revealed that the spot kick was awarded for a trip by the Atletico Madrid captain immediately afterwards.
And replays showed that the ball never touched Koke’s arm but that of a Lille player.
The footage also revealed that Koke made only minimal contact with his opponent during the incident immediately afterwards which saw the penalty awarded.
Speaking after the game, he said: “It wasn’t a penalty.
“We’ve been watching the replays, the referee must have made a mistake about what he saw, and those on the VAR weren’t able to help him.”
Fans echoed the emotive Argentine’s sentiment on social media, with one saying: “VAR did NOT overturn Lille’s penalty???????????? This may be the worst VAR decision I have ever seen.
“Lille’s had handball, not Atletico’s player. Madness. Maybe I’m blind, someone explain.”
