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BBC News
03-06-2025
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- BBC News
Law change on 'double-touch' penalties after Alvarez dispute
Accidental 'double-touch' penalties will be allowed to be retaken - but only if the kick was football's governing body Uefa asked for the laws concerning these rare instances to be reviewed following controversy in Atletico Madrid's Champions League last-16 second-leg tie against Real Madrid in Argentina forward Julian Alvarez slipped as he converted during a penalty shootout and his standing leg made slight contact with the spot-kick was disallowed and Real went on to win the shootout to progress to the International Football Association Board (Ifab), which sets the sport's laws, has now made a clarification to Law 14 regarding this issue. The law does not directly cover what to do in the event of an accidental double touch, and Ifab said referees had "understandably" been penalising players up to this the board said Law 14's primary purpose was to deal with deliberate double touches and a clarification has now been issued to all national associations and acknowledged it would be unfair not to penalise a double touch at all and allow such kicks to stand as a goal, because goalkeepers can be disadvantaged by the altered trajectory of the it has now clarified that where an accidental 'double-touch' kick is scored, it should be retaken rather than ruled such kicks are unsuccessful, an indirect free-kick will be given to the defending team if they occur in a match or be recorded as a miss if during a clarified law will be effective from 1 July, but Ifab said it "may be used by competitions starting before that date".The Fifa Club World Cup takes place in the United States from 14 June-13 July.
The Independent
03-06-2025
- General
- The Independent
Accidental ‘double touch' penalties to be retaken if scored as Ifab clarify controversial rule
Players will be allowed to retake penalties if they fall foul of an accidental 'double touch' spot-kick from July 1 onwards, the game's lawmakers have said. European football's governing body Uefa asked for the laws concerning these rare instances to be reviewed after Atletico Madrid forward Julian Alvarez controversially had a spot-kick disallowed in a shoot-out against Real Madrid in the Champions League last 16 in March. The Argentinian slipped and his standing leg made slight contact with the ball. Real went on to win the shoot-out. Ifab, which sets the sport's laws, has now issued a clarification to Law 14. The law does not directly cover what to do in the event of an accidental double touch, and Ifab said referees had "understandably" been penalising all such touches up to this point. However, Ifab said Law 14's primary purpose was to deal with deliberate double touches and a clarification has now been issued to all national associations and confederations. Ifab acknowledges it would be unfair not to penalise a double touch at all and allow such kicks to stand as a goal, because goalkeepers can be disadvantaged by the altered trajectory of the ball. However, it has now clarified that where an accidental 'double touch' kick is scored, it should be retaken. Where such kicks are unsuccessful, they should either result in an indirect free-kick if they occur during a match, or recorded as missed if they occur in a shoot-out.
