Champions League Games 5/6 March

[Ballymagash Blue]

Yep when reviewing the var law should be the referee watches it in real time.

Absolutely. Real time is much more reliable in determining cause and effect.

 

[ballinio]

Exactly. IMO neither Ota's or that tonight could ever be described as intentional. As a defender what the hell are you meant to do with your arms, take them off ?? I acknowledge it may sometimes be difficult to tell whether there is intent or not, but one defender obviously trying to get his arm out of the way, and another jumping and turning away from the ball with his arm by his side cannot be intentional handball.

It can be ....if you want it to be , that’s the point , it’ll be used when needed for certain clubs .

 

[BlueHammer85]

Now we've got dodgy officials engineering outcomes for their handlers.

But it’s all out in the open. We get to see the decisions given and many on here agree it was a penalty so what’s the uproar ?
Much more transparent than a ref and Lino with some ear pieces only.

 

[hilts]

Possibly. Hockey punishes any contact with the foot in the area but the penalty corner isn't as harsh a sanction as a penalty in football. They could give an indirect free kick for incidents like tonight, a penalty for blatantly deliberate handball and just award a goal for a hand blocking the ball on the line ala Suarez v Ghana in 2010. They could just skip the middle option and either award an indirect free kick or a goal. It would still need to be refereed consistently though which is where the real problem is at the moment.

Always grey areas though, hand blocking just on the line, 5 yards from the line? Deliberate handball arm 10 inches from body? 15 inches? Ball from close range? 5 yards 10 yards?

As a ref you have to make a judgement call based on experience. Next year the arguments will continue.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

I always kept my arms behind my back at free kicks, as did mates. Covering your bollocks was asking to have the piss mercilessly taken out of you. Mind you most of us played hurling as well so we weren't afraid of a football.

We're talking professional footballers, here.

 

[razman]

Lol their giddy reaction , how the Ferguson spirit is back ,etc etc

Will come crashing soon.

As Rudd guilitt said on Bein , PSG lost the match , united didn't win it

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

That'd be great, but PSG were also an "old G14 established club" not "newcomers".

You cant deny the nouveau rich newcomers , UEFA have targeted PSG and ourselves , the last two handball decisions for PSG tonight and the Otto handball at Schalke , does give encouragement to the , conspiracy theorists

 

[Lancet Fluke]

The handball rule is being changed for next season, it’s sometning like if it hits your hand outside your silhouette, regardless of if it’s deliberate or not, it’s a pen. Not sure if it’s been confirmed or if it’s across all competitions or not but it just sounds like it hits your hand in the box and it’s a pen.

How the hell does a ref tell the hand is outside a players silhouette? In this instance, what the fuck would be the silhouette?

Yes NEXT FUCKING SEASON! Why have they arbitrarily decided to bring it in this season without actually telling anyone? Assuming they have brought it in already. I’ll believe they have when a decision like that happens to Barca, liverpool or united.

 

[xgorton]

Was it the refs decision to view it or would he have been told in his ear piece.

 

[Mr.Feeny]

It's clear PSG and City are not allowed to win this competition.

I'm sure that's it. The mistakes last year against Liverpool by our defenders were due to a giant conspiracy because we and PSG "aren't allowed to win" the Champions League. Do people like you actually believe a word of what you're saying?