Overview

• IFAB has amended Law 14 to require a retake when a penalty is scored despite an inadvertent double touch by the taker.
• The clarification specifies that double-touch penalties that fail to score in shootouts are recorded as missed and will not be retaken.
• The change responds to a March Champions League shootout when Julian Alvarez’s slip led VAR to disallow his goal against Real Madrid.
• The updated rule will debut at the FIFA Club World Cup, which kicks off on June 14 in the United States.
• IFAB’s move aims to eliminate ambiguity in penalty enforcement by covering accidental scenarios not addressed in the previous wording.