Despite a handball from Marc Cucurella in the European Championship quarter-finals against Spain, Germany does not get a penalty. Now the Spaniard reports how he experienced the scene.
More than three months after the European Championship quarter-finals between Germany and Spain, the debate about the missed penalty after the handball by Spaniard Marc Cucurella continues. Cucurella himself commented on the decisive moment in the game against the German national team in an interview with the Italian newspaper “Gazzetta dello Sport”: “Mamma mia, what a shock. I peed my pants.”
He looked at the referee and saw that he was sure and wouldn’t give a penalty. “I said to myself, ‘Relax!’ But I couldn’t until the game resumed,” said the 26-year-old. He is amazed at the discussions three months after the game: “And now they come and say it was a penalty. What’s the point of that? The real problem is that there is a lot of confusion about the rules.”
Much discussed scene with Marc Cucurella
The background is the much-discussed scene in extra time of the game, when the Spaniard Cucurella clearly stopped a shot by Jamal Musiala with his arm when the score was 1-1 in the penalty area, but the English referee Graham Taylor allowed the game to continue. Spain ultimately won 1-2 thanks to a goal from former Dortmund player Mikel Merino.
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According to consistent media reports, the European Football Union UEFA subsequently admitted a major refereeing error in the game. In this case, “a penalty should have been awarded,” said a UEFA Referees Committee report on the scene, which the Spanish portal “Relevo” quoted.
Source: Stern
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