Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone disagreed with the decision to disallow Julian Alvarez’s penalty (Image: GETTY)
stars Thibaut Courtois and Dani Ceballos trolled boss Diego Simeone following the sides’ last-16 showdown at the Metropolitano Stadium on Wednesday evening. Real progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition after coming out on top in a penalty shootout.
The tie was decided on spot kicks after had netted the only goal of the game after 27 seconds to level the affair on aggregate. The first three penalties were converted in the shootout, with striker Julian Alvarez finding the top corner with Atletico’s second kick. But that penalty was disallowed after the former star had been adjudged by VAR to have .
Antonio Rudiger eventually scored the winning penalty as Los Blancos set-up a quarter-final clash with .
After the match, Simeone attempted to remain calm in his press conference as he explained: “I’ve just seen the images, the referee says Julian touches the ball with his supporting leg, but the ball doesn’t move.
“When Julian kicks [the penalty], the ball doesn’t even move a bit. I imagine that they called the VAR and saw that he touched it. I want to believe that they’ll have seen that he touched it.”
However, the Argentine then launched into a furious rant as he asked journalists in attendance: “Did you see him touching the ball twice?
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Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez slipped as he was taking his penalty against Real Madrid (Image: GETTY)
“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.”
After a video of the press conference had been shared on X (formerly Twitter), Ceballos took to the social media platform and posted an emoji of a raised hand to suggest he had seen the double touch.
And Courtois also had his say on the matter as he stated in his press conference: “Simeone’s words that it was unfair to disallow Julian Alvarez’s penalty? I think UEFA sees it clearly. I’m tired of this victimhood, of always crying about things like this.”
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Real Madrid will travel to the Emirates Stadium for the first leg of their quarter-final clash with on Tuesday, April 8.
’s side booked their place in the last-eight after dispatching PSV 9-3 on aggregate in a one-sided tie.
The second leg of the quarter-final will then be played at the Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday, April 16, with the winner of the tie facing a semi-final encounter with either or .