danielwood5
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No it's not, the current rule states that a goal is disallowed if the ball hits a players hand and goes directly from that player into the net or the player controls or gains possession of the ball via an accidental handball and then either scores or assists a goal (I.e. the ball hits a players hand, drops to his feet and he then scores or passes it to a teammate). The ball vaguely brushing a players arm is neither controlling (palming the ball into another players path for example) or gaining possession (Henry v Ireland for example) so it was the wrong decision.the ball came off laporte and went straight to GJ hence it was disallowed because ball changed diretion and went to GJ and he socred....its deemed as a pass
is th rule wrong - yes, but by the rule in its present form its the correct decision.
The only decision that VAR has got right in its current guise when taking into account the technical limitations of the system is the penalty retake against West Ham and I'm not even sure VAR awarded that as that should be something the linesman spots easily.
This whole if it touches an attackers hand then it's automatically a handball is the dumbed down tabloid version of the rules not the actual rules of the game as laid out by FIFA.
Ergo VAR is not fit for purpose in it's current state.