While it's harsh on Denmark both decisions were technically correct according to the law.
Round of 16 | Switzerland vs Italy | Germany vs Denmark
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I guess they’re desperate to have the host nation in the final.
First the Taylor/Atwell Dutch goal disallowed, Oliver/Atwell Danish goal disallowed and now the softest pen ever.
We have the shittest refs.
The snickometer followed by the toe offside 
Games gone
Games gone
Not a bullshit call, but bullshit rules
I agree. We've seen decisions go way back into the build up for a goal so why no check for the shirt pull in the disallowed Denmark goal.
It's a pen and offside under the current rules. Black and white implementation of VAR there. Shows how minute the difference can be between failure and success, including the penalty. Still 35mins to go for Denmark to get something out of the game.
The English refs AGAIN have fecked up the game with their inability to use VAR.
The offside was before the shirt pull.
That's not a natural position, there was no need for the arm to be stretched out.
no he was off - by a toe
It's a million times worse now, just farcical. This is not how football should be.
One of those in freeze frame slow mo it looks like an easy handball decision, watched in real time it seems incredibly harsh, flashes by his finger at close range, looks innocuous. Typical Attwell antics.
Not sure how people are blaming Oliver here. First goal is offside by VAR so he has to disallow it and by rules the second is handball. You can change the rules but the Ref has interpreted them here.
Wow. Offside by a toe
*vomit emoji*
It's always pandemonium when this dude is the ref though.
Oi, don't blame all of us. We don't claim these big galoots.
Was going to say, what happened to the you can't stop on a run up rule?
Lewandowski was at it the other night too.
They need to sort both that and the being able to smack a ball at someone's hand from 2 yards away being a pen.
Either it's not a rule anymore or they just don't enforce it. It's complete bullshit. As if keepers aren't at enough of a disadvantage anyway.
Lewandowski completely stopped twice in his pen run up against France, gets saved, and gets to retake it because the keeper was 1mm off his line. So he completely stops three times on the second attempt and scores. No issue, apparently.
He definitely stopped. Flipping hell.
Is that a yellow card?
How the feck is that a yellow?
3 shocking decisions in a rowHe was running. Do you see runners in the marathon with their arms tucked behind their back?
The problem is the handball rule not VAR on this one. Ridiculous that the rules have that as a pen. But according to the rules it is a pen these days.
Also Ridiculous that a toe length is offside. But that one I understand somewhat because there'll always be tight situations no matter where the line is drawn.
Also Ridiculous that a toe length is offside. But that one I understand somewhat because there'll always be tight situations no matter where the line is drawn.
feck this bollocks. The powers that be seemingly doing everything they can to make football less and less entertaining.
Oliver having a fecking nightmare
You answered that yourself
Exactly, people being harsh on the ref.
Sadly var got it right.
He even looked to be moving backwards for a fraction of a second.
I hope the lightning strikes Oliver
What? That German dumbass went for the ball more aggressively than Bah did.
Havertz is a cheat. Just saw the penalty again.
Unlucky but both correct decisions.
They both went for the ball one stayed down the other got a yellow. WTF is going on
Havertz clearly came to a complete stop, the penalty for which should be forfeiting the right to take the penalty. But the rules don’t provide that, so it should have been retaken. Clear as day he came to a complete stop.
Can't disagree with that, but these are the rules. Until they change them, it's a pen.
All decisions were correct, nothing to do with the nationality of the refs.
The rules are shit but that's not the refs fault.