The VAR who awarded Paris Saint-Germain's controversial injury time penalty against Newcastle United in the UEFA Champions League has been removed from duty by UEFA on a game on Wednesday night.
I’m so confused. A few weeks back Liverpool had a last minute goal ruled out for a handball in the buildup, which was another case of the ball hitting the body first, and then the arm.
The explanation among fans was that there’s not enough clarity in the handball rule currently to distinguish handballs that come off the body first don’t count, which is annoying, but fine.
Happens again last night, and now the VAR is being stood down, which basically communicates that UEFA think something has gone wrong. So which is it? Are they going to address the rule change or not, they look like they’ve come into this season so unprepared. It wasn’t like they hadn’t been told it was recommended as an expansion to the handball rule back in April of this year.
I’m so confused. A few weeks back Liverpool had a last minute goal ruled out for a handball in the buildup, which was another case of the ball hitting the body first, and then the arm.
The explanation among fans was that there’s not enough clarity in the handball rule currently to distinguish handballs that come off the body first don’t count, which is annoying, but fine.
Happens again last night, and now the VAR is being stood down, which basically communicates that UEFA think something has gone wrong. So which is it? Are they going to address the rule change or not, they look like they’ve come into this season so unprepared. It wasn’t like they hadn’t been told it was recommended as an expansion to the handball rule back in April of this year.