THE penalty
Posted by Irish Paul


on August 19, 2025, 7:03 pm
Disgusted with that decision last night. Here is what Keith Hackett, former PGMOL chief says: “When you actually review the incident, which VAR has the ability to do, you could see that the defender had his arms by his side, wasn’t making his body shape bigger, and there was no movement of hand or arm towards the ball. “Also, the ball had deflected on its way. At the time the ball was being struck, he was in a vertical position, beginning to lean to one side. This cannot surely be judged as handball. “If it is, where is the game going? It’s an awful decision, and it’s the major talking point for a game which probably should have ended in a draw.”
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Responses
- VAR will be taken over by AI - dpl August 20, 2025, 8:15 am
- Re: THE penalty - MikeJ August 20, 2025, 6:54 am
- It was a penalty, but also we would likely not have been awarded it if it was us - Trev August 20, 2025, 6:51 am
- Where is the game going? - Midnight Dribbler August 19, 2025, 11:22 pm
- If it was down the other end we'd have wanted a penalty - JC August 19, 2025, 11:09 pm
- Was there ever a precedent - DT August 19, 2025, 8:55 pm
- Bad decisions are part of the game. We should have been more competitive, which is under - HansSegers August 19, 2025, 8:09 pm
- He leaned across to try and block the shot with his torso… - Ov August 19, 2025, 7:48 pm
- His arm did move toward the ball though (because it’s attached to his body) Nt - aje August 19, 2025, 7:24 pm
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