A penalty kick is awarded if a player commits a direct free kick offence inside their penalty area or off the field as part of play as outlined in Laws 12 and 13. A goal may be scored directly from a ...

Vinicius Jr. missed a penalty kick during Wednesday's second leg contest against Atletico Madrid in their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie. Thankfully for the Brazilian, Real Madrid could ...

Real Madrid's triumph over Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday was full of twists and turns, but perhaps none were as dramatic as Julian Alvarez's invalidated penalty kick.

Talks are to be held over relaxing the rules about double-touch penalty kicks following Julián Alvarez’s disallowed effort in Atlético Madrid’s Champions League shoot-out defeat against Real ...

Julián Álvarez slipped and double-touched the ball while taking his penalty kick in the shootout against Madrid on Wednesday (March 12, 2025), resulting in the goal being erased after video ...

The Argentine stepped up from 12 yards and, despite slipping, smashed his penalty just beneath the crossbar past a helpless Thibault Courtois. But the kick was disallowed following a VAR check ...

Julian Alvarez slipped and double-touched the ball while taking his penalty kick in the shootout against Madrid on Wednesday, resulting in the goal being erased after video review confirmed the ...

Panama was doing everything right against Mexico in the Concacaf Nations League final, until it did something very wrong at ...

The 4-2 penalty shootout victory will now see Los Blancos head to the quarterfinals where they'll face Arsenal in April on Paramount+ to continue their march to Munich. While the end story was ...

Contrary to popular belief, a penalty kick does not have to be shot directly at goal. The taker is allowed to pass the ball forward for a teammate to finish—provided it touches another player ...