Mark Clattenburg | Referee of the 2016 Champions League final referred to the penalty he gave to Atlético de Madrid to ‘compensate’ for his mistake in the Real Madrid goal | NCZD | SPORT-TOTAL

After making his first confession related to the goal that Sergio Ramos made in favor of Real Madrid, Mark Clattenburg decided to talk about another situation that arose in the famous 2015-16 Champions League final in Milan related to the penalty that Atlético de Madrid had to favor after an action by Pepe on Fernando Torres.

The referee maintained that he did not hesitate to give the shot from the twelve steps to Atlético de Diego Simeone: “Torres was clearly ahead of Pepe, very clearly, there was a fault. Was there really a lack? It is very subjective- And I whistled it because that restored the balance, since Madrid had their opportunity with that goal offside that Atlético had received “.

The penalty was executed by Antoine Griezmann, the same one who could not define since his shot bounced off the crossbar; and, it was celebrated by the referee of that party: “Griezmann shoots and hits the stick and I thought: ‘Wow, this is my day, it’s a perfect day for a referee. Atlético clearly had the opportunity to tie the goal offside and they missed. And now they will blame me but they cannot because Griezmann had the opportunity of the penalty ”.

In that final, after Sergio Ramos’s goal and Griezmann’s failure, the ‘Rojiblancos’ managed to tie the game with Carrasco’s score that forced the game to extra time and a subsequent penalty shoot-out. Real Madrid would beat Atlético 5-3 with the decisive goal from Cristiano Ronaldo.

Clattenburg’s statements on Ramos’ goal

“In that final, Real Madrid went 1-0 in the first half, although the goal was offside by a little margin. We found out at halftime. It was a difficult play and my assistant failed ”, was what Judge Mark Clattenburg said in conversation with the ‘Daily Mail’.