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Is this handball rule just s PL thing or everywhere?
I think it rears its ugly head wherever we happen to be playing!
Is this handball rule just s PL thing or everywhere?
Having played a lot of football in my youth, not to any noticeable level, of course, I would have thought that the natural position of your arms whilst tear arsing about a football field, or facing off an attacker just before he skins you, would be to have your arms slightly OUT from your side, and not to have them tucked in behind your back.
Peter walton(I know..) was saying that if the arm is by the side making a perfect silhouette it's not a pen.
If the arm makes a movement away from the body in an unnatural action and the ball bits it's a pen.
What laporte did was neither.
Unless VAR want players to challenge for the ball in the style of a walking penguin then there will be countless decisions every game.
Laws are universal decided by IFABIs this handball rule just s PL thing or everywhere?
Murphy is an expert when it comes to sucking the enjoyment out of footballCan't moan at that analysis.
Lineker, Shearer and Murphy all in agreement that the handball rule is a farce and the ref/VAR got the Rodri penalty wrong.
Murphy going one further saying VAR is sucking the enjoyment out of football.
Can’t stand him but he is rightMurphy is an expert when it comes to sucking the enjoyment out of football
The problem with that is that we now have different standards for attackers and defenders in handball. For defenders, they're still basing it on intent and unnatural hand positions, and for attackers it's any slight accidental brush of the hand even when it really doesn't affect the outcome. At the very least, it means VAR is being used to rule out goals more than it's being used to allow them, which is the opposite of what you go to football to see.Laws are universal decided by IFAB
However
“The referees’ chief Mike Riley has revealed that video assistant referees will not impose the tough line on handballs in the Premier League next season that has led to numerous controversial penalties in the Women’s World Cup and Champions League.
Riley, the managing director of the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL), said that many of the penalties awarded for handball in the Women’s World Cup and Champions League — including those awarded against Tottenham Hotspur’s Danny Rose and Moussa Sissoko in the Champions League quarter-final and final respectively — would not be given in the Premier League.
Only criticism is they didn't do a good enough job of highlighting how dominant City were. The highlights made it look fairly even and where was Bernardo's skills? People enjoy seeing this stuff.