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Gary Neville rages at referee’s shootout blunder that dumps Valencia kids out of Europe
Published 19:25 23 Feb 2016 GMT
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Never before have we seen a team score all five of their penalties and still manage to lose a penalty shoot out.
Valencia's youngsters were wrongly dumped out of the UEFA Youth League, when the referee failed to spot that Alberto Gil’s spot kick had crossed the line in their penalty shoot out with Chelsea. Having clearly crossed the line, the ball rebounded away from goal off part of the goal frame. Presumably thinking it had struck the post, the referee, after consulting with his assistant, ruled that the penalty would not count. Although Valencia didn't miss any of their penalties, Chelsea went on to convert all of their remaining spot kicks, securing a berth in the last eight of the competition. Valencia manager, Gary Neville, took to Twitter to give his opinion on the decision. https://twitter.com/GNev2/status/702176329622544384Explore more on these topics:
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