UEFA have issued a statement on Wednesday night, explaining why a Real Madrid penalty in the first half of their quarter-final second leg was chalked off.
Referee François Letexier had awarded Los Blancos a spot-kick, deeming that Declan Rice had fouled Kylian Mbappe in the area.
But after a lengthy VAR check, Letexier was sent to the pitch-side monitor, and he overturned his decision.
In a terse statement, UEFA said: “The penalty for Real Madrid has been taken away…
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