PARIS (AP) " Goalkeepers who leave their goal-line early to save a penalty should get a yellow card and the kick should be retaken, UEFA's head of referees said Friday.
Pierluigi Collina acknowledged it was wrong of referee Bjorn Kuipers to let Croatia goalkeeper Danijel Subasic advance so far from his line to save a Sergio Ramos penalty kick for Spain at the European Championship on Tuesday.
"Unfortunately, that goalkeeper moved forward, it was not spotted by the referee's team," Collina said at a briefing. "It was a mistake in a match refereed well."
Collina said he stressed a strict interpretation of the rules at a Friday debriefing for the 12 referees retained for the Euro 2016 knockout rounds. Those included Kuipers of the Netherlands, who handled the Croatia-Spain match.
When the round of 16 starts Saturday, penalty shootouts can come into play to settle matches.