{"id":297855,"date":"2023-11-21T00:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T00:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=297855"},"modified":"2023-11-21T00:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T00:24:16","slug":"gary-lineker-slams-most-ridiculous-penalty-decision-against-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/gary-lineker-slams-most-ridiculous-penalty-decision-against-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Lineker slams &apos;most ridiculous penalty decision&apos; against England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gary Lineker slams &#8216;most ridiculous penalty decision&#8217; against England as Rico Lewis is controversially penalised for foul against North Macedonia&#8230; while Jamie Carragher describes the incident as &#8216;bizarre&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rico Lewis was penalised after giving away a penalty against North Macedonia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Manchester City youngster made his senior England debut in the 1-1 draw<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trent and Bellingham can play together but can&#8217;t get in each other\u2019s way &#8211; IAKO<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gary Lineker described North Macedonia&#8217;s penalty against England on Monday that was awarded against Rico Lewis as the &#8216;most ridiculous penalty decision.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Lewis &#8211; making his senior Three Lions debut &#8211; starred for Gareth Southgate&#8217;s side but was deemed to have been at fault by VAR and match referee Filip Glova who pointed to the spot after watching the replays.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred in the 38th-minute when Lewis attempted to win an aerial duel and deftly caught\u00a0Bojan Miovski with a trailing arm as he jumped.<\/p>\n<p>Miovski made the most of the incident as he rolled around on the poorly conditioned pitch and a VAR check decided a spot-kick should be awarded after initially being waved away by the onfield official.<\/p>\n<p>Lineker slammed the penalty decision that ended up having barely any significance as England topped their qualifying group, posting online:\u00a0<span>&#8216;It&#8217;s not important in the slightest, but that&#8217;s the most ridiculous penalty decision.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/23\/78041361-12772999-image-a-6_1700522813216.jpg\" height=\"380\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rico Lewis was controversially penalised for giving away a penalty against North Macedonia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/23\/78041371-12772999-image-a-7_1700522844172.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Lineker described the spot-kick against Lewis as the\u00a0&#8216;most ridiculous penalty decision&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/23\/78042007-12772999-image-a-16_1700524625761.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lewis attempted to win an aerial duel and deftly caught Bojan Miovski with a trailing arm as he jumped<\/p>\n<p><span>Lewis was fortunately able to recover from the incident and produced an emphatic performance for the national team that later saw him lauded by his team-mates and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 18-year-old who turns 19 on Tuesday was awarded England&#8217;s man of the match award and has been praised for giving Gareth Southgate another option to consider when choosing his final Euros squad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former England captain and Chelsea legend John Terry joined Lineker in criticising the penalty decision, stating: &#8216;Oh my word\u2026 How is that a penalty?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The spot-kick gave the hosts an early lead in the match before a second half own goal pulled England level at the\u00a0Tose Proeski Arena in Skopje.<\/p>\n<p>There would be no late winning goal as the match ended in a draw and Jamie Carragher gave his verdict on the penalty that he described as &#8216;bizarre&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Carragher has been a vocal critic of the use of VAR and how replays are often showed in slow-motion and describing the penalty on X, stated: &#8216;Bizarre these VAR penalties that get given in Europe&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What\u2019s more bizarre is they didn\u2019t give the one against Maguire&#8217; 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