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Julián Álvarez got to the ball first, so no penalty was awarded to Salah.
The post claims that no penalty was awarded to Salah because Julián Álvarez got to the ball first. However, the provided sources discuss different incidents and do not specifically confirm or deny this claim. Source [1] and [2] talk about a controversial VAR decision in a different match, while source [3] and [5] discuss a penalty incident involving Julián Álvarez in a separate context. Without direct evidence from the specific match in question, the claim remains unverified.
Man Lýk Barça 10h Why wasn’t Salah awarded a penalty? According to the referee’s interpretation, Julián Álvarez got to the ball first. Under the Laws of the Game, when a defender clearly wins the ball first, any contact that follows can be considered a natural consequence of the challenge rather than a foul provided it is not reckless or made with excessive force. After Álvarez touched the ball, Salah lost control and continued forward with his momentum. Their legs then tangled, causing him to fall. Since Álvarez played the ball first and the contact was judged to be a normal part of the challenge rather than reckless, no penalty was awarded. check comments for the video See less
aljazeera.com
Egypt will forever be remembered for giving Argentina a run for their money, but with a sense of injustice after a video assistant referee (VAR) decision ruled out a Mostafa Ziko goal when Egypt were winning 1-0, although he later found the back of the net again to make it 2-0. ... Ziko was at the end of a brilliant run by Egypt as Salah laid up the ball for him in front of goal and the number 11 slotted it in from close range. He then launched a wild celebration, taking off his shirt on a run, but Egypt’s joy turned into sorrow minutes later as VAR spotted a foul in the build-up to the goal, deeming it void. ... Match commentators had stated at the time that the decision was beyond VAR ... but the decision ... be interpreted differently according to the International Football ... (IFAB) rule ... the Laws of the Game. ... The Pharaohs’ brilliant run unravelled after Argentina took the lead, as the referee dished out yellow card after yellow card to Mohamed Salah’s side. ... The first one was given to goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir, then to Hamdi Fathy, followed by one for Marwan Attia for a foul. ... Egypt felt they deserved a penalty before the breakaway and vociferously complained but to no avail, save for head coach Hossam Hassan being shown a yellow card for arguing with the referee as talisman and captain Salah tried to mediate in the heat of the moment. ... Salah’s side was in a state of shock as the referee blew the full-time whistle on what was likely the 35-year-old’s final match for Egypt on the biggest stage.
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Argentina were 2-0 down. They had missed a penalty through Messi. Egypt, in the most significant match in their footballing history, were playing with the kind of structural discipline and counter-attacking clarity that had carried them further than any Egyptian side had gone before. Then, in the 58th minute, Mostafa Ziko scored a goal of breathtaking quality — Salah slipping him through on a long counter, Ziko finishing with precision past Emiliano Martínez. The Egyptian bench erupted. The Egyptian fans erupted. Argentina’s players immediately surrounded the referee. ... VAR intervened. Referee François Letexier was called to the monitor. Marwan Attia, VAR determined, had committed a foul on Lisandro Martínez at the start of the counter-attack — a minimal step on the foot, at a distance of approximately 100 yards from the goal, over 20 seconds before the finish. The referee had not called it in real time. He had seen it, assessed it, and let play continue. VAR reversed his decision. ... Argentina scored at 79 to make it 2-1. Messi equalised at 83. And then, in the closing stages, with the match poised at 2-2 and Egypt needing one more defensive act to force extra time, Salah went down in the area claiming a foul. The referee waved it away. VAR, which had found time to crawl the length of a football pitch to locate a barely-perceptible step on Lisandro Martínez in the build-up to Ziko’s goal, did not recommend an on-field review. Argentina broke downfield. They scored the winner. Final score: 3-2 to Argentina. ... reporter Dale Johnson noted ... s disallowed goal was completely against ... ed. You can’t ... a light touch where ... don’t give fouls for minimal contact and then rule out a goal through VAR for a very minimal hold of the shirt ... Ahmad Yousef, an ... football expert speaking ... BBC Radio ... inconsistency at the ... with VAR and decisions and how far ... go back to pull ... decision. The referee made ... wrong decision disallowing ... second goal.” ... But Egypt, in the most significant match in their history, deserved to play the second half without having a legitimate 2-0 lead taken from them for a contact so marginal that the on-field referee had looked at it and chosen to let play continue. They deserved Salah’s penalty claim in the closing moments to receive the same microscopic attention as Attia’s step on Lisandro Martínez. They deserved a chance to make Argentina earn it on even terms.
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The double-kick penalty controversy ... Atletico Madrid & Real - ... Julian Alvarez slipped as he struck the penalty, but the ball flew into the top-left corner. ... What happened next was another one of those fine-margin VAR calls - but for a very unusual reason. ... On review, Atletico's Alvarez was judged to have touched the ball twice. ... That is against the rules so it was chalked off - with no option for a retake. ... Real then went 3-1 ahead before winning the shootout 4-2. All the talk afterward was about that decision ... Julian Alvarez slipped as he took Atletico Madrid's second penalty ... After the first three penalties were successfully converted, former Manchester City forward Alvarez stepped up with the chance to make it 2-2. ... to beat Thibaut Courtois ... Atletico fans were celebrating, but seconds before Federico Valverde fired home Real's next penalty, Polish referee Szymon Marciniak indicated Alvarez's spot-kick had been ruled out as the video assistant referee (VAR) had got involved. ... A review of the incident showed the forward touched the ball twice in one movement as he slipped while shooting. ... 2 after Alvarez ... 3-1. ... Article 14.1 of the IFAB (International Football Association Board) laws of the game concerns penalties. ... The rules state: "The kicker must not play the ball again until it has touched another player." ... If the same happened from a penalty during regular play, an indirect free-kick would be awarded to the opposition. ... Atletico coach Diego Simeone cast doubt on the decision, but hoped the officials had made the right call. ... "The referee said when Julian got to the penalty spot he touched the ball with his standing foot, but the ball did not move," he said. ... "I've never seen a penalty where they've called the VAR, but well, they would have seen that he touched it. I want to believe they saw he touched it. ... "Did you see him touching the ball twice? Please whoever was present in the stadium and saw him touching the ball twice, the ball moving, please come forward and raise your hand. I don't see anybody with their hand raised so that's all I have to say... next question." ... But Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was satisfied the correct decision was made. ... "They detected it. When we realised there was this doubt they had already detected it on VAR," he added. ... "I saw it, I think he touches it with his left foot, a second touch." ... Real Madrid goalkeeper Courtois accepted it was unfortunate for Atletico, but the rules meant it was correctly disallowed. ... He told Uefa.com: "I felt that there was something weird going on, so we said it straight to the referee and then it was confirmed that there was a double touch and it didn't count, so that obviously gives us the edge. ... "[Alvarez] slipped and he touched the ball twice and that is a missed penalty. You cannot touch the ball twice. That's bad luck but it's the rules." ... "Here the ball doesn't really change direction but [Alvarez] does kick the ball off his [left] foot. The laws of the game are clear." ... "So he touched it twice, the penalty was disallowed and Endrick had come on with the intention of taking the fifth penalty. But Carlo Ancelotti looked at Endrick and thought he wasn't ready so asked Antonio Rudiger to take it. ... "Oblak ... t stop it. ... but a very hard moment
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# ESPN Defends Referees in Argentina-Egypt World Cup Controversy Published: 2026-07-08T05:32:57.836000+00:00 Source: chosun.com (chosun.com) Language: en ## Story ESPN Defends Referees in Argentina-Egypt World Cup Controversy [조선일보 로고](https://www.chosun.com/english) | [](https://www.chosun.com/) [KOREAN](https://www.chos
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Why was Julian Alvarez's penalty in Atletico Madrid's shoot-out defeat to Real Madrid disallowed after a long delay? Did Argentine forward double hit his spot kick at all? ... Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone questioned the controversial decision to rule out Julian Alvarez's penalty ... Julian Alvarez's spot kick was controversially ruled out in Atletico Madrid's shoot-out defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League - but why was it disallowed, and did the forward even break the rules at all? ... The Argentine stepped up from 12 yards and, despite slipping, smashed his penalty just beneath the crossbar past a helpless Thibault Courtois. ... But the kick was disallowed following a VAR check which ruled that he had touched the ball with both feet as he fell. From the referee's whistle to take the penalty to it being disallowed took one minute and eight seconds. ... In IFAB's 2024/25 Laws of the Game, in describing the procedure of a penalty shoot-out it is stated: "[A penalty] kick is completed when the ball stops moving, goes out of play or the referee stops play for any offence; the kicker may not play the ball a second time." ... In the end, that rule would prove crucial in the shoot-out as Real progressed 4-2 on spot kicks, with Marcos Llorente and Lucas Vazquez both also missing penalties for either side. ... At the time Alvarez's effort was disallowed, Real's next taker Federico Valverde had been waiting for his own attempt for some time when referee Szymon Marciniak, who was the man in the middle for Man City's Champions League final win over Inter in 2023, pointed to both of his own feet and crossed his arms to signal that the previous goal had been disallowed. ... Large sections of the support inside the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium appeared unaware that Alvarez's effort had been chalked off, while many of the wider viewing public questioned whether it should have been disallowed at all. ... "Atletico Madrid enquired with UEFA over the incident, which led to the disallowance of the kick from the penalty mark taken by Julian Alvarez at the end of yesterday’s UEFA Champions League match against Real Madrid. "Although minimal, the player made contact with the ball using his standing foot before kicking it, as shown in the attached video clip. Under the current rule (Laws of the Game, Law 14.1), the VAR had to call the referee signalling that the goal should be disallowed. "UEFA will enter discussions with FIFA and IFAB to determine whether the rule should be reviewed in cases where a double touch is clearly unintentional." ... Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone refused to criticised Marciniak and his team of officials but did question whether there was conclusive proof Alvarez had touched the ball twice - as a number of TV angles appeared to show his standing leg may not have made contact with it at all. ... "I just saw the image of the penalty," he told his post-match press conference. "The referee said that when Julián stepped and kicked, he touched the ball with his foot, but the ball didn't move. That's something to discuss about whether it was a goal or not, but I'm proud of my players. ... "When he plants his foot and kicks, the ball doesn't move even a little bit. But if VAR called it, I've never seen a penalty called by VAR, but it's still valid, and they'll have seen that he touched it. I want to believe they'll have seen that he touched it." ... Addressing the room of journalists directly, he then added: "What did you see? Raise your hand if you think Julian knocked twice. I didn't speak to him." ... There was no obvious sign at first that Marciniak had been told by his VAR about an ongoing check, and after the game Real goalkeeper Courtois claimed he had pointed out to the referee that he felt Alvarez had committed the offence - which may have been what led to the check. ... "I felt that he touched the ball twice and I told the referee," he said. "It's not easy to see that. It was a bit of bad luck for them there." ... The players lined up in the centre circle also remonstrated with the linesperson standing with them, with Jude Bellingham holding up two fingers to signal that he believed Alvarez had touched the ball twice. Vasquez also signalled that he thought it would be ruled out during the check. ... Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric said: "I haven't seen it but if he's touched the ball twice, well, that's the rules. It's unfortunate for him. This is football. If he has it's normal to disallow it."
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