Atletico coach Simeone cast doubt on the decision, but hoped the officials had made the right call.
“The referee said when Julian got to the penalty spot he touched the ball with his standing foot, but the ball did not move,” he said.
“I’ve never seen a penalty where they’ve called the VAR, but well, they would have seen that he touched it. I want to believe they saw he touched it.
“Did you see him touching the ball twice? Please whoever was present in the stadium and saw him touching the ball twice, the ball moving, please come forward and raise your hand. I don’t see anybody with their hand raised so that’s all I have to say… next question.”
But Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was satisfied the correct decision was made.
“They detected it. When we realised there was this doubt they had already detected it on VAR,” he added.
“I saw it, I think he touches it with his left foot, a second touch.”
Real Madrid goalkeeper Courtois accepted it was unfortunate for Atletico, but the rules meant it was rightly disallowed.
He told Uefa.com: “I felt that there was something weird going on, so we said it straight to the referee and then it was confirmed that there was a double touch and it didn’t count, so that obviously gives us the edge.
“[Alvarez] slipped and he touched the ball twice and that is a missed penalty. You cannot touch the ball twice. That’s bad luck but it’s the rules.”
Former Newcastle and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given said on BBC Match of the Day: “Sometimes you see it happen where the ball is kicked off the other foot and then goes in a completely different direction.
“Here the ball doesn’t really change direction but [Alvarez] does kick the ball off his [right] foot. The laws of the game are clear.”
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