The main referee of the quarter-final match had to make a penalty for Mark Cucurella’s handball.
The UEFA Referees Committee admitted that a penalty should have been awarded to Furia Roja for Marc Cucurella’s handball in the Euro 2024 quarter-final match between Spain and Germany. Relevo reported it.
The committee informed the international referees that there was an error in this game, as the moment should have ended with a penalty kick.
The situation was included in the latest review by the body, which periodically reviews matches in Europe to standardize criteria and ensure referees make the same decisions in similar situations.
“According to the latest UEFA rules, hand contact with the ball that stops a shot at goal should be punished more severely and in most cases a penalty should be awarded, unless the defender’s hand is very close or attached to the body.”
In this case, the defender (Cucurella) stopped a shot on goal with a hand that was not too close to the body, raising himself, so a penalty should have been awarded,” said the UEFA document.
Let’s remember that this episode took place in the second extra time with a score of 1:1. The main referee for this meeting was English referee Anthony Taylor. As a result, Spain grabbed a victory in the match 2:1, and then became European champions.
So, the Union of European Football Associations radically changed their opinion about the episode. Immediately after the match, UEFA supported the Englishman, saying that he made the right decision.
Remember that the player used to be Shakhtar is included in the symbolic team of the first round of the Champions League.
Source: korrespondent
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