🇨🇿 vs 🇿🇦Czechia vs South Africa·FIFA World Cup 2026, Group A·Jun 18, 2026
Sulc's handball
Sulc's arm was extended away from his body, which is the whole of the handball test, so the penalty was correct
Referee got this right
On-field decision
🥅Penalty
Correct decision
🥅Penalty
What was given
Penalty awarded, no VAR review
The call
Penalty, and no card. Sulc's arm was extended away from his body rather than left there by his own movement, which makes the body unnaturally bigger under Law 12 whether or not the contact was deliberate. Inside his own penalty area that is a penalty kick, and a non-deliberate handball carries no card there.
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