Sweden’s Marcus Danielson was shown a straight red card during his side’s clash with Ukraine – but was it justified?
With the two sides in extra-time, with the scoreline having finished 1-1 after 90 minutes, they knew they had 30 minutes to get a winning goal before the dreaded penalty shootout would commence.
The prize for the victor, a Euro 2020 quarter-final clash with England, so it’s not as if the players required any further motivation.
Unfortunately for Sweden, their efforts to find a winning goal were stunted after the referee sent off Marcus Danielson after a review on the pitchside monitor.
Danielson’s challenge was high and into the knee of his opponent, but there will be those who argue that there was nothing he could have done about it.