Rodri wasn’t sent off in Spain's Euro 2024 opener against Croatia. Here’s why.
scored all three of their goals in a one-sided first half, with the first two coming in the space of three minutes through Alvaro Morata and Fabian Ruiz.Referee Michael Oliver showed the Spain player a yellow card with the VAR, Stuart Attwell, checking both the spot kick and a possible red card.However, IFAB, football’s lawmakers, last year relaxed rules around denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.
The law now dictates that when a defending player denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by committing an offence that was an attempt to play the ball or a challenge for the ball inside the penalty area, then it should be treated as unsporting behaviour, with the perpetrator only booked.Petkovic scored from the rebound after the Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon saved his penalty, only for the goal to be subsequently disallowed due to player encroachment.
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