This is clearly where the CL games differ. We've had several instances of a ball whispering past an elbowe, touching the hairs on the arm and, bingo, penalty! The judgement whether or not they have deliberately made their body bigger seems to be irrelevant. The Bayern guy didn't seem to stick out his elbow - he seemed to be making sure that the ball didn't hit him.Yes. It should be taken into account but it has never formed part of the actual laws of the game. The offence of handball is one short passage.
There’s a document somewhere that I can’t immediately locate, issued by either the Premier League or the ( English ) FA, with multiple video examples of what they consider should be penalised and not penalised incidents. And they explain why, with reference to things like proximity, deflections and how the incident has affected play.
But it’s quite clear that UEFA for one are operating to a whole different level of standards. In fact they only seem one short step short of having every single touch of the ball on the hard or arm as being an offence.
And they seem to arbitrarily decided when to apply the rule at all.
I think in our case, the ref just wanted to be consistent. If the Upamecano one is a pen, so is the Akanji incident. That's my take.
That’s a very generous take! ;-)
It's laughable that there's so much variation and yer can't help but feel that there's some 'notion' within a specific competition that yer can't give a penalty agains XYZ FC and yer can't award one to ABC FC. The way in which refs arrive at a decision from one game to the next, and often from one half of the same game to the next doesn't fill me with any confidence that they are masters of the situation.
I thought your supporting hand want supposed to count for hand ball?
