UEFA spoke on the decision of Szymon Marciniak. The Pole will start a great change?
A lot of emotions were evoked by the Wednesday rematch of the Champions League in Madrid. Szymon Marciniak played a key role, and UEFA himself spoke about the Pole’s decision.
Even during a rematch between Atletico and Real, we informed about the controversy that the Polish judge caused in the internet space. In the first half of the meeting, Szymon Marciniak did not decide to dictate the penalty kick after playing his hand in the “sixteen” of one of the hosts’ players. According to the arbitrator from Płock, in this situation the regulations were not exceeded.
Champions League: Szymon Marciniak in the attention center. UEFA spoke!
As it turned out, it was not the only moment when Marciniak was in the center of interest. Ultimately, the rematch ended in the Atletico 1: 0 win, which in the collision with the first meeting, won by Królewski 2: 1, gave extra time. An additional 30 minutes – not for the first time – did not bring the decision. The last of the available solutions for selecting the LM quarter -final was a series of penalty kicks. Real (4: 2) was better in it, although it was not without dramaturgy.
Julian Alvarez came the second to the penalty kick on the part of the hosts. The Argentinean, when hit, slipped, which made him touch the ball with both legs. The essence of the case is that in the case of double touch, the later hit of Alvarez could not be recognized. Marciniak, after consulting VAR, made the right decision regarding this event. The Pole did not recognize this performance of the eleven. Unfortunately, for the “spirit of the game”, in this case there is no replay, which caused Atletico to be injured.
Atletico asked UEFA about the correctness of the decision at the Alvarez penalty kick, ultimately not recognized by Marciniak. The European federation spoke on Thursday afternoon.
“Although minimal, the player made contact with the ball standing before kicking, as shown on the attached video clip. According to the current principle (game regulations, point 14.1), VAR had to call a judge, signaling that the goal should be not recognized (…) UEFA will start talks with FIFA and IFAB to determine whether this provision should be changed in cases when the double touches Evidently unintentional, “quoted UEFA message, a well -known Italian Newsman, Fabrizio Romano.
Therefore, it may turn out that the decision taken by Marciniak will be a breakthrough to change the rules, in favor of such events, actually not assuming any fraud. And as Atletico showed, a ruthless recipe can be extremely harmful.
