Zidane bewildered by handball decision as Real title hopes slip

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane during the Real Madrid v Sevilla match at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, Madrid on May 9 2021. Picture: REUTERS/SUSANA VERA

With the game poised at 1-1, Real’s Eder Militao was penalised after a VAR review for touching the ball with his hand as he jumped to defend a cross. The decision meant that a penalty which had been awarded to the hosts moments earlier for a foul on Karim Benzema by Sevilla goalkeeper Bono was overruled.

Zidane’s side had appealed for a penalty in the first half when the ball struck the arm of Sevilla’s Joan Jordan, though, unlike Militao, the midfielder had not extended his arm. “I don’t understand it at all. If it’s a handball against Militao it has to be a handball against Sevilla too,” Zidane told Spanish network Movistar Plus.

“He told me that Militao’s was a handball but he didn’t convince me,” Zidane added. “I never speak about the referee but today I’m angry. In the end it is what it is and what I say won’t change anything. I’m happy with how my team played, we deserved more as we were spectacular in the second half.”

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