Real Madrid Confidencial Atlético Confirms Its Stance, Announces Whether it Will Appeal the Champions Derby to UEFA
In the red-and-white club, they have already made a decision regarding what to do with UEFA
Atlético de Madrid Used Julián Álvarez's Penalty in the hours following the Champions League classic. It was the perfect alibi to cover up the great failure that the elimination represented. Especially when they had already managed to take the lead on the scoreboard within 30 seconds.
The truth is that Simeone's defensive strategy, which even led him to celebrate the penalties, went wrong for them. To the extent that at no point in the knockout stage were they ahead. This despite being the big favorites due to their form and playing the second leg at home.
That's why they began to shout when the referee disallowed Julián Álvarez's goal for being illegal. There are two touches, as UEFA demonstrated with a video this past Thursday. Therefore, they changed their discourse and began to argue that they weren't enough for it to be invalid.
A shift in focus that had the sole objective of keeping the topic in discussion a little longer. This despite having threatened to request the Champions League classic on Wednesday be contested. They believe they were severely harmed by the unfair refereeing decision.
Atlético Has Already Made a Decision Regarding UEFA
Although there is still no official statement from Atlético, it seems they have made a decision. That is they will not request the match be contested, as they believe they won't achieve anything. This is what Cadena SER reports regarding what the red-and-whites think.
It seems they are clear that their protest is futile, not only because they won't be paid much attention. But because they are trying to cling to something nonexistent as has already been proven. They were not the ones harmed by the refereeing at the Metropolitano.
Julián Álvarez hits the ball twice, although Simeone claimed it wasn't so. The one who did clearly hit the ball was his son Giuliano, although in his case, he did it inside the area with his hand. Just like Correa's stomp on Brahim, two contacts they also didn't want to see.
More posts: