Arsenal will be confronted with Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League after Los Blancos along Rivals Atletico Madrid after a controversial penalty shootout in the Spanish capital.
Real came in their second leg collision against Atletico 2-1 on aggregated, but was forced to seal the draw on spot kicks after the Atletico led 1-0 after 120 minutes.
The side of Diego Simeone, however, was controversially denied a goal in the shootout, despite the fact that Julian Alvarez found the back of the net for the second penalty of Atletico.
Alvarez had gone in his run-up before he saw his efforts at the top of the net, but after a short VAR check, referee Szymon Marciniak announced that the effort was excluded.
His shot was ruled as a miss because the ball of his left foot Ricochde after he initially kicked him with his right side while he published, where Marciniak signaled that Alvarez had two details with his fingers.
In a penalty shootout, the kicker cannot make contact with the ball at all after it initially leaves their boots.
And since Alvarez made a second contact with the ball, it was established that he was affecting the aforementioned rule.
The decision initially caused confusion, with anyone in the stadium that seemed too aware that Alvarez's efforts were excluded, while it was also not clear on the TV reporting.
Thanks to the semi-automated VAR technology in action, however, there is an impact sensor in the ball, which means that the technology was the factor that determined that Alvarez had touched it twice.
Real went on score four of their five spot kicks, while Marcos Llorente missed his efforts for Atletico, which means that the side of Ancelotti continued on the basis of a 4-2 victory in the shootout.
Connor Gallagher had opened the score during the collision after just 27 seconds.
Real had the chance to rare at Vinicius Junior in the second half, but the Brazilian picked his lines and missed his spot kick.
The 2024 Ballon d'Or-Tweede was off the field for the shootout. Instead, it was Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham, Federico Valverde and Antonio Rudiger who made their efforts to get the job done for Madrid.
Lucas Vazquez missed, but with the illegal kick from Alvarez and Llorente also not to find the back of the net with his penalty, Atletico were eliminated.
Elsehwere, the Gunners defeated the last eight after a 9-3 victory over PSV Eindhoven on aggregated; The draw was almost sealed after the side of Mikel Arteta claimed a 7-1 win in the Netherlands last week.
Barcelona will be confronted with Borussia Dortmund, PSG Matching against Aston Vlla and Bayern Munich are against Inter Milan.
The first legs of the last eight games will take place on 8/9 April, while the next legs are a week later on April 15/16.
The winner of Arsenal Against Real will be confronted with PSG or Villa in the semi -final.
In the meantime, Barcelona is on the other side of the bracket, together with Bayern, Dortmund and Inter, which means that a sensational El Clasico is on the cards for the Champions League final.
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