Italian media and followers have been fiercely important of English referee Anthony Taylor’s efficiency in EURO 2024, claiming Germany have been denied a ‘clear’ penalty in opposition to Spain and ‘Jose Mourinho was proper’ to insult him.
Taylor already has a really poor popularity in Italy due to some earlier selections, essentially the most well-known a Roma penalty attraction within the 2023 Europa League Closing in opposition to Sevilla that was not given.
It was pretty much like the incident seen on this night’s EURO 2024 Spherical of 16 tie, when Marc Cucurella appeared to lean into the block on a Jamal Musiala strike to cost it down along with his hand.
The tie was stage then, however Spain went on to win it deep into further time.
Italian media was outraged and drew comparisons with the Roma incident, noting repeatedly that “Mourinho was proper” to hurl abuse at Taylor within the automobile park of the stadium after that Europa League Closing.
A number of refereeing pundits on Sky Sport Italia, RAI Sport and Tuttomercatoweb all verify they might’ve on condition that as a penalty as a result of Cucurella leaned in and dangled his arm to dam the shot.
Prima o poi nel calcio dovranno introdurre un sistema tecnologico di qualche genere per permettere che errori agghiaccianti come quello dell’arbitro #Taylor non condannino ingiustamente una squadra.
Lo chiamerei Var. pic.twitter.com/yrcAomr9US
— Fabrizio Biasin (@FBiasin) July 5, 2024
Taylor blasted by Italian media
“The handball is so apparent that the VAR ought to be despatched house as punishment, to not point out Taylor, who’s extremely error-prone,” stated Sky Sport Italia journalist Maurizio Compagnoni.
“The one doubt may be if there was a Fullkrug offside or handball earlier within the transfer, in any other case it’s inexplicable. The penalty Taylor didn’t give to Roma a yr in the past within the Europa League was already stunning, however this error was even worse.
“Taylor is an embarrassing referee. Evidently he has a focus downside, which is inadmissible for a referee. If there was no offside first, then we’re on the stage of scandal seen in Bayern Munich-Fiorentina in 2010, when Miroslav Klose’s purpose was dominated out for an inconceivable offside.
“That is the form of error that may make it into the historical past of European and World soccer.”
Mourinho was proper about Anthony Taylor.
He did it once more. pic.twitter.com/1IpPY3hlau
— IM🇵🇹 (@Iconic_Mourinho) July 5, 2024
Former referee and Sky Sport Italia pundit Gianpaolo Calvarese agreed that this was an error from Taylor.
“The gesture from Cucurella is clear, along with his motion he tries to intercept the ball with an arm exterior of the silhouette. Simply have a look at the picture and the way shut the fitting arm is to his physique in comparison with the left.”
Some on Twitter even joked that Taylor Swift would’ve performed a greater job refereeing than Anthony Taylor.
The referee was additionally criticised for some weird handing out of yellow playing cards seemingly at random.
Aveva ragione. Come al solito. #taylor #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/GHfZuJFjxC
— Flavio M. Tassotti (@FlavioMTassotti) July 5, 2024
