WORLD CUP | Cucurella goal disallowed as Spain lead Austria through Oyarzabal

Marc Cucurella had an early opener disallowed for a foul on Austria goalkeeper Alexander Schlager in Spain’s World Cup last-32 match against Austria, before Mikel Oyarzabal scored minutes later to put Spain ahead in Los Angeles, according to Yahoo Sports. Referee Glenn Nyberg ruled Pau Cubarsi had fouled Schlager during a corner, a decision BBC pundits Danny Murphy, Joe Hart and refereeing analyst Darren Cann said was too soft and should not have ruled out the goal; the incident was compared to Jonathan Tah’s disallowed extra-time goal for Germany against Paraguay in another round-of-32 match.