Sacred to the Euro this summer, Spain could be favored, recognizes this Monday UEFA.
La Roja conquered this summer in Germany this summer its fourth continental title, After 1964, 2008 and 2012. Tombers of the English in the final (2-1), the Spaniards had in the half barred the route of the Blues de Didier Deschamps (2-1). This after winning another final before the hour, against the German guests of the tournament (2-1).
This quarter final was marked by an action subject to controversy and controversy: a hand of the ibère Marc Cucurella in the repair surface, on a shot from Jamal Musiala, while the two teams were still back to back, in overtime. A reprehensible gesture that Mr. Taylor, the English referee of the game, had not sanctioned, not frankly helped either by video assistance on this one.
An overwhelming UEFA report
And now the Spanish media REVO, two months later, is getting its hands on a UEFA document mentioning the manifest error of the refereeing body on this cleaner match of July 5. A fault both attributed to the aforementioned central arbitral and its assessors attended by VAR. “” In accordance with the latest UEFA guidelines, hands-on-goal contacts should be sanctioned more severely and, in most cases, a penalty should be granted, unless the defender’s arm is very close to the body or above the body. In the case of Cucurella, the defender stops the shot to the goal with his arm, which is not very close to the body, which makes its cover wider. A penalty should have been granted In this report, judge UEFA commissioners.
The rules decreed by IFAB in such circumstances are clear. According to article 12.1, a player achieves a hand if he ” deliberately touch the ball of the arm or hand, for example with movement of the arm or the hand towards the balloon “Or if” Touch the ball or hand balloon, having artificially increased the surface covered by its body. It is considered that a player has artificially increased the surface covered by his body when the position of his arm or his hand is not a consequence of the movement of his body in this specific situation or is not justifiable by such a movement. “”
