The feet made the contact. Did the Croatian commentators really fail to mention this? It should have been retaken though.It actually wasn't a penalty, that's an offense foul. Our defender, his right hand player pushes him, hand on the back, Vrsaljko tries everything not to fall on the left hand player. A mere touch, bust to back, and there goes the Spanish dive.
Actually, the right hand Spain player had a perfect opportunity to volley the ball in, yet he used his position to push on Vrsaljko.
That was (bad) acting from the Croatian's part. *dive* No way, there was no contact making him fall. Our disagreement aside: great game, the best so far. Both teams really wanted to win.In any case, if you think contact is intentional, there was bigger contact, towards legs, in Spain's box by three players. That contact shouldn't be enough for a referee holding tougher criteria, so he shouldn't give pentalty to Spain either.
Did the Croatian commentators really fail to mention this?
Whelan? Or Houghton?View attachment 4787
We've done it before....