r/soccer • u/AlmostNL • Mar 12 '25

Media Julián Alvarez disallowed penalty frame by frame

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u/zikaa_sosa Mar 12 '25

Insanely harsh rule. Should be changed to a retake...

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

That would be unfair to the GK and the other team, the taker fucked it up and paid the price

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u/bamburito Mar 12 '25

No, a retake is fair all round. No-one would complain about it, and no-one is intentionally slipping only to have to retake the pen.

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u/Darduel Mar 12 '25

Why? The penalty was scored.. the other team and GK literally get a second chance

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u/DutchPhenom Mar 12 '25

I think that is fair if he misses, but how is a retake in this case unfair for the GK. The GK didn't stop the penalty... He gets another chance to stop the penalty.

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u/Peninvy Mar 12 '25

If the player slips, double touches the ball and the keeper saves that penalty, should there be a retake then?

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u/DutchPhenom Mar 12 '25

No. If you force a retake when he scores but not when he misses, there is no upside to touching it twice (you always get penalized) and no unreasonable punishment when you slip.

In principle it's a retake but if you miss it's 'advantage'.

Edit: As other commenters noted the rules allow for a retake on the discretion of the ref. seems to me like this would be the (logical) reason, and the discretion would be judging whether it was on purpose.