Bremer: ‘Letter of the law says it’s a penalty, Juventus must accept it’

Gleison Bremer admits ‘it is a penalty by the letter of the law and we must accept it’ after a controversial spot-kick sparked Atalanta’s 3-0 Coppa Italia win over Juventus.

The Bianconeri had started the quarter-final stronger in Bergamo and hit the crossbar with Francisco Conceicao, but the game changed after 25 minutes.

Even Ederson had not appealed when his cross was deflected off Bremer into the arms of Mattia Perin, but VAR spotted that it had hit the defender’s hand, and referee...