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Atletico Struggles to Understand Penalty Call after Losing to Lille

Atletico Madrid's Argentine coach Diego Simeone reacts during the UEFA Champions League, league phase day 3 football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Lille LOSC at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on October 23, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
Atletico Madrid's Argentine coach Diego Simeone reacts during the UEFA Champions League, league phase day 3 football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Lille LOSC at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on October 23, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
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Atletico Struggles to Understand Penalty Call after Losing to Lille

Atletico Madrid's Argentine coach Diego Simeone reacts during the UEFA Champions League, league phase day 3 football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Lille LOSC at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on October 23, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
Atletico Madrid's Argentine coach Diego Simeone reacts during the UEFA Champions League, league phase day 3 football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Lille LOSC at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on October 23, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone and his players were struggling to understand the penalty call that went against them in a 3-1 home loss to Lille in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The penalty was converted by Jonathan David in the 74th minute to give the visitors a 2-1 lead. Lille went on to win 3-1 at the Metropolitano stadium, The Associated Press reported.

The call came after a loose ball inside the area, with Atletico players saying that Italian referee Marco Guida made the decision after seeing a handball by midfielder Koke Resurrección.
Replays did not appear to show any touch by Koke's hands or arms on the ball. It might have touched the hand of a Lille player instead.
It took several moments for the call to be confirmed. Guida did not go to the monitors to review the play.
He did go to the sideline to show a yellow card to Simeone.
“It wasn't a penalty,” Simeone insisted. “We've been watching the replays, the referee must have made a mistake about what he saw, and those on the VAR weren't able to help him.”
It was the second loss in three Champions League matches this season for Atletico.

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Real Boss Ancelotti Rues Missed Chances in 4-0 Loss against Barca

Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti looks from the bench before a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP)
Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti looks from the bench before a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP)
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Real Boss Ancelotti Rues Missed Chances in 4-0 Loss against Barca

Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti looks from the bench before a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP)
Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti looks from the bench before a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP)

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti lamented his side's missed opportunities in their stunning 4-0 home defeat to bitter rivals Barcelona in a LaLiga Clasico on Saturday but said it was not all doom and gloom despite the result.

"It was an evenly played match, until they scored their first goal. We played with intensity in the first half but lacked a bit of accuracy. We had chances to take the lead but they scored two goals, which sapped our energy. That's when another game started," Ancelotti told a press conference of Robert Lewandowski's quick-fire double early in the second-half to set the LaLiga leaders Barca on course for a 4-0 thrashing.

Prior to that, the home side had dominated possession and missed various chances, mainly through off-form Kylian Mbappe. Lamine Yamal and Raphinha wrapped Barca's win later.

"We are hurt, it's a tough moment, but I want to thank the fans for their support. We don't have to throw everything away, because there is nothing to throw away," added a downhearted Ancelotti.

"We have to forget the last 30 minutes. The season is very long, we must not give up. We have to learn from it. It's time to bounce back. The season is long. We must not throw everything away. The team can do better and we will."

Ancelotti said he thinks Real Madrid deserved better and that he didn't believe the result told the true story of the match, but acknowledged that his team paid the price for missing so many chances.

"The result doesn't reflect what happened on the pitch. We couldn't take the lead and they went ahead and took it. The game, until the first goal, was very even and we had more chances," Ancelotti said, before commenting on Mbappe's lackluster performance, being caught offside nine times.

"It was known that Barca use a high defense and we barely took advantage of it. (Mbappe) had chances and sometimes was offside, but he had three or four chances where he needed to be more accurate..."

Barca stretched their lead at the top with 30 points, six above Real who saw their 42-game unbeaten LaLiga run come to a bitter end after 13 months, leaving them one tantalizing positive result away from equaling the Catalans' league record of 43.