Balotelli spoke about the refereeing scandal in the match between Ukraine and Italy

The notorious Italian footballer, Mario Balotelli, spoke about the unassigned penalty in the Euro 2024 qualifying match between Ukraine and Italy with a great excitement.

Already in the time compensated by the referee, Ukrainian Mikhail Mudryk was knocked down by the Italians in the penalty area, but the referee did not award a penalty. Moreover, the referee did not even watch the video replay, although he had such an opportunity.

The meeting ended in a 0:0 draw and the Italians received the right to play at Euro 2024. If the Ukrainians had scored from the penalty spot, they would have gone to the tournament.

Balotelli believes that such a penalty should have been awarded.

“If they hadn’t given me such a penalty, I would have gone crazy. This is a 100% 11-meter kick. Of course, it’s good that we are going to the Euro, but think about how we would react to such a moment.

I am sure that Cristante fouled Mudrik and it was a penalty. That’s it. There is no doubt", - he said Tuttomercatoweb.

At the same time, Bolatelli expressed the opinion that Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma would still have saved the 11-meter kick.