Was the right call, and he clearly gained an advantage by doing it, intentional or not.

It’s only a story because people like the idea of a real conspiracy. Can’t be kicking balls onto yourself

Yep right call. You could tell by the spin and flight of the ball that it was a double touch

Honestly, all this Alvarez chat just makes me think there's simply too much interference from referees.

It's boring always seeing headlines devoted to refereeing/the rules of the game. That's not what I enjoy about football and I don't think interventions like this one improve the game.

    Both Utd and spurs winning.

    It may be a case of us supporting Utd in the final if Spurs get that far. Can’t have Spurs winning a trophy.

      Sicario2 - Tier 1 Would have to agree.

      Nothing worse than being stuck on a train home with a bunch of Spurs fans leaving their match. What an ick 🤢🤮 poor me.

        Sicario2 - Tier 1 almost forgot what a cheat code Casemiro was at Madrid, guy could do literally whatever he wanted on the pitch somehow.

          Another angle of the Alvarez penalty.

          It's a very marginal call? There's no open and shut video evidence for it I've seen. People are just posting videos and photos like the one above and saying there's "clearly" a double kick, making claims about spin and trajectory and so on. VAR should make the footage and systems they used for the decision public.

            Burnwinter VAR should make the footage and systems they used for the decision public.

            Ah never mind. It was published and it's actually visible here.

                Qwiss

                Carlo is a perfect example of how managers are defined by the players at their disposal.

                You also so see great managers peak and fall and that always without exception correlates with shitter teams and players. We will see if now with Pep unless they bag some stars in the summer.

                  HomeSteak imagine the joy you're gonna be feeling come the end of the match. You lucky, lucky thing.

                    Burnwinter

                    Thank you. This is literally the ONLY angle where one can see the actual contact. All the others i have seen were not definitive in any way. Now i can see why it was called back. Annoyingly so, but 'letter of the law' and all that.

                        USArsenal I think I'd seen at least six angles of it before that one myself. But now I've seen it ...

                          The way to separate pros from slugs like us is to see how guys like Aguero and Mbappe immediately knew it was a violation. Mbappe was at the halfway line complaining to the ref as soon as that kick was taken. Aguerro spotted it on a livestream.

                          Don Pacifico

                          Without the refereeing headlines, the game would have been forgotten in a second. Now you've had engagement on it for days.

                            QuincyAbeyie Make the player retake it if he scores, and count it as a miss if he misses.

                            I think a retake is fair. If the keeper breaks the rules during a penalty it isn't just awarded as goal, its retaken. Same should apply to the taker.