{"id":41823,"date":"2025-03-14T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/szymon-marciniak-explains-the-controversial-penalty-disallowed-against-julian-alvarez-to-be-honest_311476_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:50:07","slug":"szymon-marciniak-explains-the-controversial-penalty-disallowed-against-julian-alvarez-to-be-honest_311476_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/football\/szymon-marciniak-explains-the-controversial-penalty-disallowed-against-julian-alvarez-to-be-honest_311476_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Szymon Marciniak explains the controversial penalty disallowed against Julian Alvarez: \u201cTo be honest…\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the most prominent names recently in the field of refereeing is that of Szymon Marciniak<\/strong>. And why not? The 44-year-old Polish referee had the great responsibility of deciding to annul the penalty of Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez<\/strong> in the face-off against Real Madrid<\/a>, applying rule 14 of the IFAB (International Football Association Board) which refers to maximum penalties that are executed and, in this case, due to a slip, the ball ended up hitting both feet of the kicker.<\/p> This decision has been subject to debate, questioning firstly the dubious nature of the play and secondly the fact that Marciniak<\/strong> fully trusted what his VAR assistant, Tomasz Kwiatkowski<\/strong>, communicated to him through the earpiece. He did not take the time to review the images and responded quite quickly to a play that, given the circumstances of the match, was extremely difficult to evaluate.<\/p> However, amidst the many statements and opinions about the play, it was Marciniak himself who decided to give an interview to explain his version of the events. The Polish referee participated in an interview with the ‘Win Win’ media to expose details about his controversial decision.<\/p> “I was the one who informed the VAR referees that there was a 99% chance of a double touch by \u00c1lvarez<\/strong>, and they reviewed it thoroughly,” Marciniak pointed out in the interview.<\/p> “I was the one who informed the VAR referees that there was a 99% chance of a double touch by \u00c1lvarez”<\/p> <\/blockquote> Similarly, the Polish referee debunked the theory that suggested that a player from Real Madrid<\/strong> had notified him about the alleged double touch in Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez’s penalty. “Did Mbapp\u00e9 tell the referees that \u00c1lvarez touched it twice?<\/strong> That is not true at all,” he emphasized.<\/p> Finally, Marciniak<\/strong> highlighted the complexity of evaluating such an atypical play, especially given the circumstances in which it occurred. “To be honest, I had never faced a situation like this in my refereeing career, but the players know the rules,” he concluded.<\/p> “To be honest, I had never faced a situation like this in my refereeing career, but the players know the rules”<\/p> <\/blockquote>
Marciniak acknowledged the complexity of the play<\/strong><\/h2>
The play will surely continue to be discussed soon<\/h3>