UEFA is happy with Anthony Taylor’s determination to not award Germany a penalty throughout their 2-1 quarter-final defeat by Spain on Friday night.
Within the second half of extra-time, with the rating 1-1, a goal-bound shot from Germany’s Jamal Musiala struck Marc Cucurella on the arm within the field. Taylor waved away Germany’s appeals and Mikel Merino later scored the profitable objective.
Premier League referee Taylor has obtained important criticism for his refusal to present a penalty — together with from Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann and the German media. Former Germany worldwide Michael Ballack, working for Magenta TV, described it as “a transparent incorrect determination”.
“All the factors for a penalty are met,” he added. “The arm is outstretched, a transparent benefit, and but there can be specialists who see it otherwise.”
Taylor has additionally been attacked for leaving the MHP Area with out commenting on the incident. Bild, the German tabloid, famous that he left the stadium 80 minutes after the sport completed and accused him of “fleeing the scene of the dispute”.
Instantly after the sport, Nagelsmann expressed his frustration with the choice. “The penalty we bought in opposition to Denmark was a lot much less of a penalty,” he instructed German broadcaster ARD. “I can’t perceive why it was not evaluated, regardless that there have been 48,000 replays.”
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However UEFA believes that the right determination was made as a result of, as per the refereeing tips it issued earlier than the event, Cucurella’s hand was not in an unnatural place on the time that it was struck.
In a June twelfth briefing led by Roberto Rosetti, UEFA’s head of referees, a variety of examples got as to what would and wouldn’t represent a penalty. Within the instance most much like the Musiala-Cucurella incident, which confirmed a defender being struck by the ball along with his arm near his physique and in a near-vertical place, Rosetti stated that he didn’t need to see a penalty awarded.
Whereas the choice to punish Joachim Andersen in Germany’s last-16 win over Denmark for what seemed like a harsher offence, the distinction — in accordance with the UEFA tips — was the place of the Crystal Palace defender’s hand, which was unnaturally making his physique greater.
Whereas Taylor and Stuart Attwell, the VAR on obligation in Stuttgart on Friday night time, have additionally been criticised for not seeming to assessment the incident, UEFA is happy {that a} correct analysis did happen and that correct process was adopted all through the sport.
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