I can’t see any comments about this game yet, so, if this is the case, I will make a start. I thought Michael Oliver put in a very good performance. Calm, decisive, very good movement, appropriate yellow cards etc. It wasn’t perfect but imho not far off & especially given the magnitude of the game. The players from both teams also deserve credit because overall not only did they want to get on with the game, but also did so when they disagreed with some of his decisions. As to the incident involving handball when the ball hit a Spanish defenders arm within his own penalty area having been played by a team-mate, for those on Twitter who thinks he should have gone to VAR - not only did he get the decision right (can’t be a handball off his own teammate) but it looked to me as it did go to VAR and didn’t need to go to the monitor, which he clearly communicated to players - arm/voice.
