{"id":7484,"date":"2026-04-30T04:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7484"},"modified":"2026-04-30T04:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:10:10","slug":"diego-simeone-complains-about-arsenal-decision-after-atletico-madrid-draw-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7484","title":{"rendered":"Diego Simeone complains about Arsenal decision after Atletico Madrid draw | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_295167561-0711.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28173579\" alt=\"MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 29: Diego Simeone, Head Coach of Atletico de Madrid, speaks to the media in a post match press conference after the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 Semi Final First Leg match between Atletico de Madrid and Arsenal FC at Metropolitano Stadium on April 29, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos - UEFA\/UEFA via Getty Images)\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Diego Simeone has questioned Arsenal\u2019s penalty decision after their 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid (UEFA via Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Diego Simeone was unhappy with Arsenal\u2019s penalty decision after Atletico Madrid\u2019s 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Viktor Gyokeres put Arsenal in front from the penalty spot late in the first half after he was barged over in the box by Atletico centre-back David Hancko.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico were then awarded a penalty of their own in the second half after the ball struck Ben White\u2019s hand from Marcos Llorente\u2019s shot, and Julian Alvarez stepped up to equalise for Simeone\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal felt they had a second penalty when Hancko mistimed an interception and stood on Eberechi Eze\u2019s foot, however, Dutch referee Danny Makkelie reversed his initial decision after watching several replays on the VAR screen.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Gyokeres\u2019 penalty decision in the first half, Simeone said: \u2018In my opinion, the first penalty involved contact from behind, the player anticipated the contact and went down.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_295155334-d388.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28174121\" alt=\"Arsenal's Swedish forward #14 Viktor Gyokeres is fouled by Atletico Madrid's Slovak defender #17 David Hancko during the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Arsenal at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on April 29, 2026. (Photo by Thomas COEX \/ AFP via Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Viktor Gyokeres was barged over by David Hancko inside Atletico\u2019s penalty area (AFP via Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018In Champions League semi-finals, you need a penalty that is truly a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The referee understood that it was. On the other occasion, thanks to VAR, he understood that it was a penalty because initially it wasn\u2019t a handball, and then, in the second instance, also thanks to VAR, it wasn\u2019t a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018VAR sometimes gives you the benefit of the doubt and sometimes it takes it away.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Arteta, meanwhile, admitted Arsenal were \u2018fuming\u2019 with the decision to overturn Eze\u2019s penalty claim in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The decision and then what happens for a period of time. The referee has to watch it 13 times, it\u2019s clearer than that,\u2019 Arteta said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s impossible, and yeah, we are all fuming about it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_295164357-8898.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28174122\" alt=\"Atletico Madrid's David Hancko, right, challenges Arsenal's Eberechi Eze for which a penalty was awarded and then rescinded after a VAR review during a Champions League semifinal, first leg, soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Arsenal in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jose Breton)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Mikel Arteta said Arsenal were \u2018fuming\u2019 with their overturned penalty decision (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked if Atletico\u2019s supporters and animated coaching staff had an impact on the decision, Arteta replied: \u2018That has nothing to do with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m sure they are very well aware of what the reaction is going to be. It\u2019s normal, that reaction, we need to apply the rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The same thing that I\u2019m saying, that they applied the rules on Ben White\u2019s penalty, that is difficult to accept, but it is a penalty with a handbook.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And what they said at the beginning of the season, Ebs is a clear and very obvious penalty. 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