Valencia fail in their UEFA Youth League appeal

Valencia's appeal against their controversial UEFA Youth League defeat to Chelsea has been rejected by European football's governing body. The Spanish club complained to UEFA after Alberto Gil's spot-kick in the penalty shoot-out was wrongly disallowed during the last-16 match at Chelsea's Cobham training ground last month. Videos showed the ball crossing the line before striking a stanchion and bouncing clear, but both the referee and the official on the goal-line ruled it had hit the post. Chelsea ended up winning the shoot-out 5-3 and Gary Neville, coach of Valencia's senior team, later called the officiating "scandalous". Valencia appealed to UEFA but their complaints had been rebuffed. A Valencia statement said: "Valencia regrets the decision taken by UEFA. We want to en-courage young players to continue to be motivated and continue believing in fair play."

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