Two people in a radio studio, one of them with headphones and a microphone, with the Atlético de Madrid crest in the center of the image and the text "El Partidazo de COPE, with Juanma Castaño" at the bottom.
Juanma Castaño and Fernando Morientes talking on a show and a badge of Atlético de Madrid | Camara Real Madrid Confidencial
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Morientes Sends This Message to Atlético and Ignites Cadena COPE After the Controversy

The former footballer has condemned Atlético for their protests

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Borja Díaz

From Atlético, they seem willing to keep making a lot of noise after their Champions elimination. They know it's the only way they can remain present. Otherwise, in Europe, they will quickly be forgotten after their umpteenth failure against Real Madrid.

That's why they are clinging to Julián Álvarez's penalty, which they consider was poorly refereed. During Wednesday, they focused the debate on the fact that there hadn't been a double touch on the ball. Once it was proven, now they insist that it wasn't enough to annul the goal.

Atlético de Madrid player celebrating on the field while the opposing team watches from the background.
Julián Álvarez on the Ground After Slipping on His Penalty | Real Madrid Confidencial

A Change of Discourse that shows they don't know what to cling to after being eliminated. However, their farce is starting to run out of arguments that are even minimally coherent. The last one to demonstrate this was the former footballer Fernando Morientes.

Morientes Leaves Atlético Without More Arguments With the Penalty

On Cadena COPE, they had the testimony of Morientes about Julián Álvarez's penalty. He stated that on Wednesday itself, "it was clear to me with the frontal replay". He sent the first warning: "If you've played soccer even minimally, you know that ball does something strange."

He considers that the strange effect "is the result of it touching the instep a bit", so he doesn't understand so much controversy. He adds that "with today's image, it's very clear to me that it slightly displaces the ball." So that debate was sterile, but there was another one ahead to face.

Atlético de Madrid player kicking a ball in a match with spectators and technical staff in the background.
Julian Alvarez shooting in the penalty that was annulled | Real Madrid Confidencial

As we say, now they insist that the contact is minimal and that it didn't affect the penalty kick. "If it touches and displaces a bit more, as many people want, it's obviously a penalty," he maintained. He pointed out that there wasn't going to be a much more exaggerated touch, which is what Atlético intends.

"If you touch a little more directly with the slip, the ball could go to the fifth tier and even not hit it," he concluded. As we say, they no longer have more excuses regarding this action. We just have to see how much more they will stretch the embarrassment by fueling the controversy.

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