Soccer (Closing)

Qatar gets a dodgy call versus Saudi Arabia. Oh no... Anyway

they waved off the one from Miley but then give this one? Handball rule is truly fascinating

The UEFA interpretation of the handball law is just awful. No one that has ever played football before could think that should be a penalty

Dude the ball is traveling away from the goal, it's close range, goes off his chest first....what the absolute hell!? Soccer has been so shite this year for refs.

and this is why the handball rule is fucked. this ref gave a pen, while something similar will happen in another match and another ref won't give a pen. Doesn't matter what the actual rule is, comes down to the level of delusion that the ref has within him

The only way var can review this and believe theres anything in it shows this sports rigged. Impossible that 4 unbias professionals and ref believe this is a penalty. Ceferin and his buddy at P$G are laughing

Let me just put it this way, if you replaced Newcastle with Inter...even I would be livid at seeing this call.

What an injustice. Absolutely the wrong call. The defender is pivoting and pushing off so naturally his arms gonna go up for counterbalance. Anyone who's ran fucking knows that, except for the ref.

Soft call

And commentator was saying this is one of the best refs in the world, dude's a fucking knobhead for that terrible decision. UEFA wasn't going to let the scumbag NAK leave sad.

not a pen but coulldnt happen to a nicer club

Ref shat himself. Never a pen.

Simple solution, make all outfield players play while wearing straightjackets?

UEFA handball rules are horrible.

Karma for that fugazi goal they got against Arsenal

Either way there was a foul on Dembélé earlier so PSG deserved a penalty in that game.

Never a pen, you can’t justify this fuckery

this is one of the worst referee decisions I've ever seen! What the hell is the point of VAR when you have multiple angles showing the ball came off the chest? what is the argument here? that the arms were extended? criminal if I must say.

What is the defender supposed to do?

I hate the Champions League handball rule.

Absolutely not a penalty

So unfair, but then being owned by a state is also unfair in the larger context

And this is why the beautiful game has become a joke

A player being punished for that especially after the ref sees the video

like OK man just flip a coin next time, what's the point?

vell dun boyz, dobra procez

we're not getting the ref comms on this call, are we? 😂

Reece James did the exact same thing in the 2021 UCL final and no penalty was given. Inconsistencies everywhere…

The handball rule/decisions in Europe are fkn whack. Only a matter of time before this happened at a truly consequential moment

Man United - Copenhagen was a wild match but neither of those ‘should’ be hand balls if common sense is involved. Can’t remember the others off the top of my head but I’ve disliked pretty much every handball call I’ve seen in the CL this season

Abolish pens (for obviously non deliberate handballs at the very least)

Merry christmas!

A bit tiring to see the same comment over and over : intent does not matter, hitting another part of the body does not matter : read rule 12 it's easy to find (I just did because I thought the other body part was in the rule as well : it's not it's just a PL thing).

I do agree it's harsh but the first handball earlier in the 2nd half should definitely have been given so in my biased opinion, it evens out.

Last thing, if I ever want someone to take this penalty, it's Kylian. The lad just seems unfazed while 40k people are shitting themselves in the stands.

Handball all day

Shocking decision. But love the absurdity/hilarity of the reaction to this decision by BT commentary team vs Sky and Gary Neville during the Newcastle Arsenal.

I'd never heard the word stooping used with such authoritive and nuanced technicality.

Defender clearly used his hand as a weapon to attack the ball, good process boys

If anyone’s played the game you literally can’t do anything with your arms there. Absolutely shocking call.

A lil’ push for the almighty P$G; never a fucking penalty 😔

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Same situation refereed completely differently by the VAR in the same game. The ref shouldn’t even have had to take a look at the Tino one because the outcome should have been no penalty after a couple of reviews.

P$G

the sooner we run out of oil the better.

Why do football fans know the rules better than the referees?? It's really concerning.

PSG for all the stardom are a pretty poor team.

If Newcastles bench wasn’t full of GKs and 16 year olds they’d of got the win.

PSG and their ultras made to look like right mugs over this fixture.

It’s funny how the same game is played with different rules every day.

Absolute disgrace . The fact that this penalty could prevent Newcastle from qualifying To R16 is disgusting.

As shit of a decision as it is, it is correct under current UEFA handball guidelines

The amount they favour the attacking side is a slight pisstake

I was rooting for Newcastle. Then this happened. Absolutely horrible.

Ref will probably end up chopped into pieces after the match.

That penalty probably puts PSG through. Absolute fuckery to give that

Never a pen but I guess you have to just accept the refs decision and move on. Surely Eddie Howe agrees.

Time to act like a geordie and make up 45 reasons why this was a Penalty 🙂

jesus christ this is horrible. Defenders need to get together and demand change. This is lunacy.

Tinfoil hat on REEKS of corruption.