England’s penalty leads to cries of hypocrisy across continent | Andy Hunter

England’s penalty leads to cries of hypocrisy across continent | Andy Hunter

08-Jul-2021 18:15:21 | Guardian

The award of the spot-kick won by Raheem Sterling that led to the winning goal has been widely criticised in Europe

Kasper Hjulmand, Denmark’s impressive head coach, said he would require a few days to process the penalty decision that ended his country’s involvement at Euro 2020. For England fans, and a sweeping generalisation is probably legitimate in this instance, a nanosecond sufficed.

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Sterlings right knee gets clipped followed by a hip barge from the other side….how is that “not touched”? try staying on your feet while sprinting with a ball and that happens pic.twitter.com/6LsSVxkaJd

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