{"id":1593,"date":"2026-04-30T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:10:11","slug":"hanckos-challenge-on-eze-was-clear-as-day-insists-hincapie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/hanckos-challenge-on-eze-was-clear-as-day-insists-hincapie\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hancko&#8217;s challenge on Eze was clear as day,&#8217; insists Hincapie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-29.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-29-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-29-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s Piero Hincapie hit out at the decision to overturn a late penalty in their Champions League semi-final first-leg draw with Atletico Madrid, claiming the official&#8217;s error was &#8220;clear as day.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Arsenal defender Piero Hincapie insisted that referee Danny Makkelie &#8220;made a clear mistake&#8221; by opting not to award a penalty for David Hancko&#8217;s challenge on Eberechi Eze following a VAR review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They had their chances, but we had ours and we knew how to counter them. The final result is a bit&#8230; The penalty was clear as day. The referee made a clear mistake. It was a blatant penalty and I hope we get a bit more respect in the future,&#8221; he told &#8216;Movistar&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the late controversy, the Gunners defender maintained that his side left the Metropolitano &#8220;with good feelings.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We had plenty of opportunities ourselves. It was a tough match, and now we look forward to playing at home in the Champions League second leg against Atletico Madrid.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal&#8217;s Piero Hincapie hit out at the decision to overturn a late penalty in their Champions League semi-final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1595,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions\/1595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}