Atletico Madrid still falters on Wednesday from their heartbreaking Champions League exit by Real Madrid. They bent out of the competition after a 4-2 penalty defeat that had a lot of controversy, with the big moment that the successful effort by Julian Alvarez was excluded by VAR for a double touch.
Diego Simeone is still angry about the incident three days later, and the same can be said for Atleti President Enrique Cerezo, who pointed his anger to VAR, which he has never been to Diario.
“Until Wednesday evening we were ready for the three games: Champions League, Copa del Rey and La Liga. But that day, an incident with a Aparo, a system or a frightening tool, which is very bad, that is good for nothing more than harms and that is called VAR, because they cut off one of the greatest illusions for us, it would continue in the Champions League.
“Ik hou niet van VAR, maar het is niet dat ik het nu zeg, ik heb het altijd gezegd. Ik bekritiseer de VAR onlangs niet voor de fout. Omdat het geen fout is door de scheidsrechter, is het een VAR -fout, waarvan ik niet weet waar ze de bal twee keer hetzelfde been zagen raken op het been van een speler. Var is een conflicterend hulpmiddel, dat niet veilig is en vooral, we geloven allemaal dat het is gebracht om voetbal eerlijker te maken en ik geloof dat het is brought to make it more unfair. “
There has certainly been a lot of controversy around Alvarez's punishment, but Atleti cannot do anything about it now. They have to channel their frustration in the performance on the field, and that should start with Sunday's showdown against Barcelona in the Metropolitano.
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