{"id":392749,"date":"2026-03-19T06:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/392749\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:22:11","slug":"what-angry-igor-tudor-did-after-var-controversy-in-tottenham-vs-atletico-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/392749\/","title":{"rendered":"What angry Igor Tudor did after VAR controversy in Tottenham vs Atletico Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham are taking on Atletico Madrid in the Champions League as they look to overturn a deficit from the first leg.<\/p>\n

21:17, 18 Mar 2026Updated 21:54, 18 Mar 2026<\/p>\n

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Igor Tudor was not happy with the awarding of Atletico Madrid’s goal vs Spurs (Image: John Walton\/PA Wire.)<\/p>\n

Igor Tudor showed his anger at the decision to allow Atletico Madrid’s equalising goal during the Champions League<\/a> clash. Tottenham<\/a> are looking to complete a comeback from a 5-2 deficit in the second leg.<\/p>\n

Hope at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was raised in the first half when Randal Kolo Muani<\/a> gave Spurs a 1-0 lead on the night.<\/p>\n

But they were dashed again just two minutes into the second half when Julian Alvarez equalised for Atletico. Spurs complained about a foul on Xavi Simons<\/a> in the build-up to the goal, with Tudor<\/a> angrily shouting towards the fourth official.<\/p>\n

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There was a VAR check after the goal, but it was concluded that there was no foul in the build-up. Tudor was also given a yellow card for his protests.<\/p>\n

Speaking on TNT Sport commentary, Joe Hart said: “I don’t think it’s enough, certainly not to get overturned.<\/p>\n

“If he’d have given it, I think everyone would have understood. But he didn’t, and when you see that replay, that’s not going to get overturned, that’s exactly what the referee saw.”<\/p>\n

Atletico weren’t level for long though, with Simons getting his revenge by finding the net in stunning fashion in the 52nd minute.<\/p>\n

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Igor Tudor was shown a yellow card for his complaints over the Atletico Madrid goal. (Image: Julian Finney\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

That made it 2-1 on the night and 4-6 on aggregate, and reignited hope around the stadium as Spurs pushed for another goal.<\/p>\n

That hope was taken away again with 15 minutes to play when David Hancko’s header made it 2-2 on the night and 4-7 on aggregate.<\/p>\n

Simons got his second of the night from the penalty spot in added time to make it 3-2 to Tottenha, and secure a first win under Tudor.<\/p>\n

That prompted a flurry of late chances for Tottenham as they looked to create late drama with the clock ticking down.<\/p>\n

It, however, proved to be too much to complete an improbable comeback, with the aggregate scoreline ending 5-7 to Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n

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Tottenham Hotspur have reached the UEFA Champions League round of 16 where they face Atl\u00e9tico Madrid on March 18. Fans can watch the game on the TNT Sports Prime Video channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham are taking on Atletico Madrid in the Champions League as they look to overturn a deficit from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,3213,7,8,49898],"class_list":["post-392749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-spurs","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-uefa-champions-league"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116254405072882359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}