Are Real Madrid Right To Protest Sevilla Penalty? - The Soccer XTRA
The decision to award a penalty against Eder Militao for handling the ball left Real Madrid players irate on Sunday. But do they have cause for complaint?
Sunday's gripping game between Real Madrid and Sevilla at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano came to life in the latter stages as a remarkable twist left Madrid trailing 2-1 with just over 10 minutes to go.
Madrid had seemingly earned themselves a glorious opportunity to go 2-1 up as Karim Benzema led a break and was brought down in the Sevilla box by Yassine Bounou.
But a VAR review overturned the decision because a handball offense by Eder Militao was spotted at the other end at the start of the move, and Ivan Rakitic converted the spot-kick that was subsequently awarded to Sevilla.