Spain claimed their fourth Euro title this year, beating England 2-1 in the final in Berlin. But on the way to that crown there was a very controversial move that affected the home team, Germany.
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In the quarter-finals, Spaniards and Germans met in Stuttgart. The game ended 2-1 in favour of Luis de la Fuente’s team in extra time. However, There was a controversial handball by Marc Cucurella that could have meant a penalty for the home team and which was not even reviewed by the VAR.
More than two months later, UEFA admitted the error of the central referee, the Englishman Anthony Taylor, and the person in charge of the VAR, Stuart Attwell, and denied what was said at the time by UEFA’s head of referees, Roberto Rosetti.
“Not every touch with the arm or hand is a penalty. We want to take into account the movement of the players, the biomechanical movements. You know, this is a clear situation. This is never a penalty,” said Rosetti.
UEFA analysis: Marc Cucurella had a handball
Now, not only has the UEFA Referees Committee admitted the error, but it has also used the play as an example in a circular sent to the referees.
“Following the latest Uefa guidelines, hand-to-ball contact that stops a shot on goal should be punished more strictly, and in most cases a penalty kick should be awarded, unless the defender’s arm is very close to the body or over the body,” the report, published by the Relevo portal, stated.
“In this case, the defender stops the shot on goal with his arm, which is not very close to the body, making it bigger, so a penalty kick should have been awarded,” he added.
After that match, both in the semi-final and in the final, Cucurella was booed by German fans who attended the matches against France in Munich and England in Berlin.
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