UEFA has dismissed Barcelona's official complaint over a handball incident that occurred during their 2-0 Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat to Atlético Madrid, ruling the protest inadmissible just hours before the two sides met again in the second leg.

The incident at the centre of the dispute took place at Camp Nou on 8 April 2026. After goalkeeper Juan Musso played the ball out to defender Marc Pubill, Pubill appeared to pick up the ball with his hands inside the six-yard area — apparently to reposition it before taking a goal kick. Referee Istvan Kovacs, a Romanian official, allowed play to continue, and crucially, the VAR team did not intervene or call him to review the footage on the pitchside monitor. Barcelona argued that a penalty should have been awarded, with the club calling the missed call a