⚽️THE FOOTY THREAD: Leicester v City, Lyon v Brest, Troyes v PSG, Sandhausen v Leipzig, Wiesbaden v BVB

[sonoftony]

Game on..Gabby Jesus with the nice finish

 

[Sinner]

Game on!

 

[Sinner]

Oh my.

 

[rolaholic]

Howler of a PK from KDB

Tbf it was a harsh pen anyway

 

[jape]

not sure why that handball took so long to figure out
did we really need a 5+ minute stoppage to figure that out?

 

[sonoftony]

Wow

Shocked he missed that

 

[LA Diggler]

Shocked

 

[zeroregret]

what a terrible miss

 

[HNL HI]

ball dont lie!

 

[Belgium]

I hate these handball rules, you can't run properly with your arms tucked. 100% penalty under the rules but it's just silly.

 

[rolaholic]

Phew that TAA shot almost got past that Ederson save and in front of Jota for a tap in

Good recovery from their no.1

 

[jape]

I hate these handball rules, you can't run properly with your arms tucked. 100% penalty under the rules but it's just silly.

you didnt think that was a handball?
he would've just stopped that cross with his arm and took over possession

 

[Belgium]

you didnt think that was a handball?
he would've just stopped that cross with his arm and took over possession

Well under these rules it is.
He was in the process of pulling his arm away. What is he supposed to do there? Run with his arms tucked?
If you run, you're supposed to swing your arms to some extent. Otherwise you're handicapping your mobility and running unnaturally.

 

[Canadian Destroyer]

you didnt think that was a handball?
he would've just stopped that cross with his arm and took over possession

Before VAR that wouldn’t have been a penalty. PKs in the PL were hard to get since the refs went by the “hand in an unnatural position” Rule

 

[Canadian Destroyer]

Also why was the ref reviewing the play? Once it’s sent up to VAR does he not have any control of the outcome anymore?

 

[mastamind89]

KdB really bottled that penalty, yikes

 

[Armada]

The costs of not having a truly reliable penalty taker smh

 

[Armada]

Also why was the ref reviewing the play? Once it’s sent up to VAR does he not have any control of the outcome anymore?

They allowing refs to look at the screen more this season and be more involved in the review after complaints last year of the head ref never looking in any matches at incidents they should’ve look at themselves again

 

[sonoftony]

not that anyone on here cares but they wildin' for playing under a tropical storm

 

[Canadian Destroyer]

They allowing refs to look at the screen more this season and be more involved in the review after complaints last year of the head ref never looking in any matches at incidents they should’ve look at themselves again

Who has the final decision then?

 

[Armada]

Who has the final decision then?

Head ref. Technically they always had final say they would usually just go with the VAR official and take their word for it instead of looking themselves

 

[Belgium]

Draw
Good result for us

 

[josh4523]

Same line up from the man u match, COYG

 

[Verde Shuttles]

There's no reason for Mendy to be on the bench

 

[moiety]

My word