Soccer (Closing)

I gotta say as a neutral I thought there’s no way I could get a good result out of this match but boy was I wrong.

4.5xg for PSG, not quite robbery

Qataris money > Saudi money

Truly awful decision and I’m a Boro fan…

The handball rule is so fucked, so many results are decided because of it and it’s spoiling the game.

Stupid rules aside, how can that be intentional? Ball hits his chest then arm, blasted at him from a yard away, how is it fair in general to give a penalty in that scenario? If the cross went in from dembele, the direction of the ball is going to the edge of the box, Newcastle had about 6 or 7 players back, what’s the xG of that? 0.01? Versus giving a penalty which has an xG of 0.8 maybe?

Shambles from the ref and VAR, happening way too often.

Only way that's a penalty is if you're playing against Wolves in the prem

The game of which oil money are we afraid of more lmao.

That mbappe ref talk at half time really worked. I need mbappe to talk to my bosses regarding giving me a raise

So to try to understand what the thought process was a bit more I went to IFAB, and technically the « chest to arm » scenario isn’t covered.

The closest we have is this :

a player heads/kicks the ball and it then hits their own hand/arm? This is not handball (unless the ball goes directly into the opponents’ goal or the player scores immediately afterwards, in which case a direct free kick is awarded to the other team).

This might seem like semantics but maybe the fact it’s not covered is why he went with it ?

Either way it shouldn’t be a thing, a player simply cannot control or predict where the ball is going in this situation. It’s just too unfair to give a penalty for that.

rigged

Terrible decision. Not a penalty.

Insane

Never a penalty. Absolutely ridiculous call and some home cooking in Paris

Also have about 2 PSG players in the box/D when he hits it. Should have retaken it.

Man seeing him celebrate a 98th minute equaliser against us - and this XI specifically - his hilarious surreal shit.

You have to say that is objectively deeply deeply funny.

The check finally cleared I suppose. 🙄

Corruption??

Couldn't have happened to a nicer team!

Horrendous call. When will clubs start fielding amputees to combat this issue?

VAR=... various Arabic royalties?

in what bloody universe is that a penalty?

Hit the elbow in the penalty area, counts as a foul. If it was a tackle, then PSG would be rewarded the penalty. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Can't wait for the Worldnews update, SA invades Qatar

If he didn't handball it there'd be no punishment. It's not fair on clubs who don't handball in their area, regardless of mitigating circumstances.

As long as others are treated the same way in future Newcastle should be punished.

Football is just gradually eroding.

It's a low scoring game. One goal makes a massive difference and it's just becoming so often that difference is nothing to do with skill, all to do with decisions.

I dunno why the football authorities want to make it that way.

Booed the hello out of Messi now that he is gonna they have to rob Newcastle lmao

I think a lot of us have no idea what the laws are since the commentators have no clue and say things like oh body first never a pen when that might not be in the laws at all.

PSG has UEFA in their pockets, shaking my head....

It’s not even worth being annoyed at these bullshit calls. It’s all a fucking lottery and you either win or lose

Can’t wrap my brain around who wants to be a defender in todays game, looks like a shit job

Wow…

lmao at these sportwashing teams fucking each other and calling for justice lol

Awful decision by the ref there. The ball clearly touches the body first and then it touches the arm.

Oilcastle United owners haven't got the hang of the bribes yet. It'll come don't worry lads.

What is he meant to do? Manipulate the laws of physics?

Horrible call indeed. That was totally unintentional. I can only guess the referees discussed that the "arm was extended away from the body" but that is certainly not an "unnatural position". So I don't get what the rule even is anymore.

There is no question about it Newcastle were robbed.

But by god it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving team😂

Best case of karma I have ever seen.

Although, unlike the team Newcastle cheated to get three points, they still got one tonight.

Atleast moving forward, the toon know to all chop their arms off before kick off to stop this from happening

Woeful decision ffs

You know it’s a terrible call when you feel righteous anger on behalf of a team you hate

Don't think I've ever seen such agreement on a decision in a thread tbh

LOL anything to cheat a win

That’s a terrible call. Was it initially called a handball or was this an overturned non-call through VAR? If it was VAR making the call then just even more proof refs will find the way to rig a game.

Ohh nyoo, Newcastle got screwed by VAR?

That is truly one of the worst calls I’ve seen

Karma for Arsenal. What goes around comes around.

lol this sub is just full of Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, Man City, Barcelona & Real Madrid fans who can’t take a loss. All teams get fucked by VAR eventually, today it was Arsenals turn. Stop your fucking whinging.

I think UEFA prefer Qatar oil :)