Austria 1 - 1 Poland
Euro 2008 group stage · 2008-06-12 Referee: Howard Webb

Ay!

YES!

These are the UEFA directives: referees have to punish all that pulling and pushing during dead ball moments. And Webb warned them first. An Austrian called Kienast had a bit of a fight with a Polish defender, Webb stopped play, walked over and told them to stop it or....
Well, the or happened: penalty.

NO!

Was that worth a penalty? Just a little pull? And that guy fell very easily. And in the 92nd minute? Did someone tell Webb during the break about his enormous mistake with the first goal? And did he want to level it?

match

Not very good, this match, I mean the rest of it. But for Polish or Austrian viewers it must have been a thriller.

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