Law change on 'double-touch' penalties after Alvarez controversy

Accidental 'double-touch' penalties volition beryllium allowed to beryllium retaken - but lone if the footwear was successful.

European football's governing assemblage Uefa asked for the laws concerning these uncommon instances to beryllium reviewed pursuing contention successful Atletico Madrid's Champions League last-16 second-leg necktie against Real Madrid successful March.

Atletico's Argentina guardant Julian Alvarez slipped arsenic helium converted during a punishment shootout and his lasting limb made flimsy interaction with the ball.

The spot-kick was disallowed and Real went connected to triumph the shootout to advancement to the quarter-finals.

The International Football Association Board (Ifab), which sets the sport's laws, has present made a clarification to Law 14 regarding this issue.

The instrumentality does not straight screen what to bash successful the lawsuit of an accidental treble touch, and Ifab said referees had "understandably" been penalising players up to this point.

However, the committee said Law 14's superior intent was to woody with deliberate treble touches and a clarification has present been issued to each nationalist associations and confederations.

Ifab acknowledged it would beryllium unfair not to penalise a treble interaction astatine each and let specified kicks to basal arsenic a goal, due to the fact that goalkeepers tin beryllium disadvantaged by the altered trajectory of the ball.

However, it has present clarified that wherever an accidental 'double-touch' footwear is scored, it should beryllium retaken alternatively than ruled out.

Where specified kicks are unsuccessful, an indirect free-kick volition beryllium fixed to the defending squad if they hap successful a lucifer oregon beryllium recorded arsenic a miss if during a shootout.

The clarified instrumentality volition beryllium effectual from 1 July, but Ifab said it "may beryllium utilized by competitions starting earlier that date".

The Fifa Club World Cup takes spot successful the United States from 14 June-13 July.