{"id":326784,"date":"2026-04-30T10:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=326784"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:31:32","slug":"diego-simeone-complains-about-arsenal-decision-after-atletico-madrid-draw-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/diego-simeone-complains-about-arsenal-decision-after-atletico-madrid-draw-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Simeone complains about Arsenal decision after Atletico Madrid draw | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Diego Simeone has questioned Arsenal\u2019s penalty decision after their 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid (UEFA via Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Diego Simeone was unhappy with Arsenal\u2019s penalty decision after Atletico Madrid\u2019s 1-1 attract the primary leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Viktor Gyokeres put Arsenal in front from the penalty spot late in the primary half after he was barged over within the box by Atletico centre-back David Hancko.<\/p>\n

Atletico were then awarded a penalty of their very own within the second half after the ball struck Ben White\u2019s hand from Marcos Llorente\u2019s shot, and Julian Alvarez stepped as much as equalise for Simeone\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Arsenal felt that they had a second penalty when Hancko mistimed an interception and stood on Eberechi Eze\u2019s foot, nevertheless, Dutch referee Danny Makkelie reversed his initial decision after watching several replays on the VAR screen.<\/p>\n

When asked about Gyokeres\u2019 penalty decision in the primary half, Simeone said: \u2018For my part, the primary penalty involved contact from behind, the player anticipated the contact and went down.<\/p>\n

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Viktor Gyokeres was barged over by David Hancko inside Atletico\u2019s penalty area (AFP via Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018In Champions League semi-finals, you would like a penalty that is actually a penalty.<\/p>\n

\u2018The referee understood that it was. On the opposite occasion, due to VAR, he understood that it was a penalty because initially it wasn\u2019t a handball, after which, within the second instance, also due to VAR, it wasn\u2019t a penalty.<\/p>\n

\u2018VAR sometimes gives you the good thing about the doubt and sometimes it takes it away.\u2019<\/p>\n

Arteta, meanwhile, admitted Arsenal were \u2018fuming\u2019 with the choice to overturn Eze\u2019s penalty claim within the second half.<\/p>\n

\u2018The choice after which what happens for a time period. The referee has to observe it 13 times, it\u2019s clearer than that,\u2019 Arteta said.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s unimaginable, and yeah, we’re all fuming about it.<\/p>\n

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Mikel Arteta said Arsenal were \u2018fuming\u2019 with their overturned penalty decision (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Asked if Atletico\u2019s supporters and animated coaching staff had an impact on the choice, Arteta replied: \u2018That has nothing to do with that.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m sure they’re thoroughly aware of what the response goes to be. It\u2019s normal, that response, we want to use the foundations.<\/p>\n

\u2018The identical thing that I\u2019m saying, that they applied the foundations on Ben White\u2019s penalty, that’s difficult to just accept, nevertheless it is a penalty with a handbook.<\/p>\n

\u2018And what they said at first of the season, Ebs is a transparent and really obvious penalty. That\u2019s it.\u2019<\/p>\n

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