Tomasz Soucek: "Did Krejci have to cut off his hands to avoid a penalty being awarded there?"

Czech Republic midfielder and captain Tomas Soucek has taken umbrage at the penalty awarded to his national team in the Nations League 4th round match against Ukraine (1-1) the day before yesterday for Ladislav Krejci's hand play.

"Ladislav told me that he didn't play with his hand. I saw it as well as he did. I don't understand the referee's decision. Krejci had to have his hands cut off to avoid a penalty being awarded there?

In England, in such a situation, no referee would definitely not react to this episode, because we are talking about the rebound of the ball from close range. It is the same situation when the ball hits the hand of a player, which is in a natural position. But here the referee blew the whistle immediately and then watched the replay, but he did not cancel his decision," eFotbal.cz quoted Soucek as saying.