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Having won the Euro this summer, Spain may have been favoured, UEFA acknowledged on Monday.
La Roja is located here in Germany son fourth continental title, April 1964, 2008 and 2012. Having beaten the English in the final (2-1), the Spanish had blocked the path of Didier Deschamps’ Blues in the semi-final (2-1). This after having won another final before the hour, against the German hosts of the Tournament (2-1).
This quarter-final was marked by an action that was the subject of controversy and controversy: the handball by the Iberian Marc Cucurella in the penalty area, on a shot by Jamal Musiala, while the two teams were still back to back, in extension. A reprehensible gesture that Mr. Taylor, the English referee of the game, had not sanctioned, not exactly helped by the video assistance on this occasion.
UEFA report damning
And now, two months later, the Spanish media outlet Relevo has got its hands on a UEFA document mentioning the obvious error of the refereeing body in this interrupted match of 5 July. A fault attributed both to the refereeing centre mentioned and to its assessors prepared for VAR. According to the latest UEFA guidelines, hand contact that sets up a goal kick should be punished more severely and in most cases a penalty should be awarded, unless the defender’s arm is very close to the body or above the body. In Cucurella’s case, the defence stops the goal kick with their arm, which is not very close to the body, making their coverage wider. A penalty should have been awarded « , youth in the UEFA commissioners’ report.
The rules laid down by the IFAB in such circumstances are clear indeed. According to Article 12.1, a player becomes aware of a handball fault if he » Preferentially touches the ball with the arm or hand, for example with movement of the arms or hand towards the ball « or if he » Touch the bra ball or the hand and then artificially increase the surface area of the body. A player is considered to have artificially increased the surface area covered by his body when the position of his arm or hand is not a consequence of the movement of his body in that specific situation or is not justifiable by such movement. »
