Football is finished! I love watching football, it’s my passion (as well as playing but age means I can’t as much nowadays). I watch about 7/8 games at the weekend, mostly premier league but also LaLiga, Serie A and Bundesliga. Then during the week I watch the European cup and Europa league. But the refs and the ridiculous rules are ruining the game. Last night in the Fulham game and tonight watching Newcastle vs PSG the refs and VAR have given the stupidest penalty decisions. I’m really starting to lose my love for the game. I don’t care who won or drew the game but the integrity of the game has gone. I hate it and it’s just been getting worse season after season. This is probably more of a rant but I just feel let down by the game I love to watch

  • midas22@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    And this was the World Cup final referee Marciniak who actually double checked the handball situation in slow motion repeatedly… and he still gave the penalty.

    I mean, it was a text book example of a close distance deflection from his body up to his arm in a natural position. Next game they will change the rules again depending on which oil team has the most money or something.

    • BrickEnvironmental37@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      They gave the correct decision via the IFAB guidelines. Blame the guidelines.

      The PGMOL guidelines are different because they go all Brexity and believe they should implement laws in their own way.

      • Ok-Photo6387@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Agree. I’m a Toon fan but the reality is this was the rule from IFAB. The refs don’t like it, the players can’t stand it, and the fans despise it. But it is what it is.

      • midas22@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        The arm was not moving towards the ball and it was in a natural position justifiable by the player’s body movement so it still shouldn’t have been a penalty.

        Not every touch of a player’s hand/arm with the ball is an offence.

        It is an offence if a player:

        • deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, for example moving the hand/arm towards the ball

        • touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger. **A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation.** By having their hand/arm in such a position, the player takes a risk of their hand/arm being hit by the ball and being penalised

        • scores in the opponents’ goal: (1) directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper or (2) immediately after the ball has touched their hand/arm, even if accidental
    • Suspicious_Master@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Someone on soccer subreddit pointed that it’s clearly a decision from UEFA to whistle these hands, with as exemple the man utd game last week