Categories: Football

The Spain-Iceland controversy: disallowed goal, penalty against Olmo…

The referee Horatiu Fesnic was right in the first controversial move of the friendly Spain-Iceland of Riazor. It was the 25th minute when a pass from Dani Olmo ended up in Morata’s boots, who beat the Iceland goalkeeper. The referee did not hesitate and annulled the Spanish striker for being clearly offside. Although there is no VAR there was no doubt.

However, Morata complained to the Romanian referee that the ball was coming from an Iceland defender. True, but Iturralde González, referee analyst for AS and Sports Carousel of the SER, explained why the goal was well annulled. “It comes from the defender but it’s a rebound and not a clearance, therefore, it doesn’t enable Morata. It’s an unintentional action, it hits him in the boot. It comes from very close, he finds the ball and he doesn’t go looking for it” , Iturralde explained.

In minute 37, there was a penalty in favor of Spain. Bjarnason tripped Dani Olmo inside the Icelandic area. “Very clear penalty, very silly, he wears it when his back is turned”analyzed the play Iturralde González.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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