CNN
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There is almost always drama when local rivals Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid play each other, but Wednesday’s match in the last 16 of the Champions League takes some beating.
The result – Los Blancos progressing to the quarterfinals of the tournament after a penalty shootout win – is all too familiar, but the circumstances in which it happened is anything but.
The controversy centers around a disallowed penalty during a dramatic shootout, where the video assistant referee (VAR) determined that Atlético’s Julián Álvarez had double-kicked his effort.
The moment gave Real Madrid an advantage on which it capitalized, but it also…
