Watch ‘softest penalty in history’ give Club Brugge ‘disgraceful’ last gasp Champions League win over Atalanta

FANS person slammed a immense Champions League refereeing blunder arsenic the “worst determination of the season”.

Club Brugge scored a 94th infinitesimal punishment to bushed Atalanta 2-1 successful a archetypal limb play-off circular clash.

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Gustaf Nilsson went down holding his look aft a clash with Isak Hien[/caption]

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The referee controversially gave a punishment contempt minimal contact[/caption]

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The authoritative past gave 3 Atalanta players bookings for their protests[/caption]

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Nilsson dispatched the punishment for Club Brugge[/caption]

But the determination to grant the last-gasp spot-kick for a foul connected eventual goalscorer Gustaf Nilsson was highly controversial.

The striker chased down a escaped shot successful the box, lone for Atalanta defender Isak Hien to get determination archetypal and clasp him off.

His close limb ended up brushing his Swedish compatriot, who went down clutching his look theatrically.

Turkish referee Halil Meler pointed to the spot and the determination was amazingly not overturned by VAR.

Fuming Atalanta stars surrounded the referee, with Rafael Toloi, ex-Chelsea antheral Juan Cuadrado and Hien each getting yellowish carded.

Nilsson kept his chill amid the chaos and scored to instrumentality a one-goal vantage to Italy adjacent week.

Atalanta brag Gian Piero Gasperini stormed down the passageway arsenic the shot deed the backmost of the net, ripping his overgarment disconnected arsenic helium went.

Fans were near shocked by the decision, with 1 saying: “Might beryllium the worst determination I’ve seen each season.”

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Another added: “Disgraceful decision.”

A 3rd wrote: “Worst punishment determination ever. Absolutely embarrassing.”

Ref Meler is nary alien to being astatine the centre of contention aft being punched by Ankaragucu’s club president Faruk Koca astatine full-time of a crippled conscionable implicit a twelvemonth ago.