Champions League: Furious, Atletico Madrid breaks the silence

Indeed, it's the saga of recent days, shaking the global press. A derby between Real Madrid and Atlético with a dramatic outcome, one that will remain in the annals.

The cause, the penalty by Julian Alvarez, canceled by VAR for a double touch with the ball. An illegal move committed by the Atletico striker, but the truth varies from angle to angle, enough to stir the Colchoneros, who quickly issued a strong statement against the refereeing authorities, the content of which is as follows:

"We know that a VAR error will never change the final result. No matter how clear the error, the score will remain unchanged. But we deeply regret this 'incident' and its impact on us.

It shattered the hopes of millions of supporters and compromised the extraordinary effort of our team. The ball does not appear to clearly move before the strike from any of the available angles.

VAR should only intervene for clear and obvious errors, and this decision was made in just 45 seconds. It is not in Atlético's DNA to make excuses or divert attention. We are already focused on our next challenge: Sunday's match against Barcelona."

Let's recall that the match was part of the Champions League round of 16, and Kylian Mbappé's teammates won the first leg at the Bernabeu 2-1 before losing the return leg 1-0.

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Rafik Zoghlami |

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Rafik Zoghlami is the Editor-in-Chief of Foot-Africa.com, with over 13 years of experience creating and managing sports content.