Women s European Cup controversial penalty for Norway is obviously offside and still gets a penalty. VAR checks to maintain original judgment

July 17th In the quarter-finals of the Women's Football European Cup, Italy defeated Norway 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals! During the game, a penalty kick caused controversy.

In the 58th minute, Graham Hansen, who was second in the 2024 Women's Football Golden Ball Awards, made a cross from the left, and the 2018 Women's Football Golden Ball Award winner Hegberg. Hegberg fell to the ground in the penalty area, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty kick and presented a yellow card to the Italian player who was fouled. After the VAR inspection, the original judgment was still maintained.

However, it can be clearly seen from the broadcast footage that Hegberg was in an offside position the moment he passed the ball, and this penalty was controversial.

Fox Sports commentator said the referee may think the foul occurred before the pass.

Hgerberg took the penalty kick personally, and her push shot missed to the right side of the goal. Hegberg helped Norway equalize the score alone in the subsequent games, but Norway was eventually defeated Italy and was eliminated. Italian women's football team reached the semi-finals of the European Cup for the first time in history!