You're looking at the 2020-21 laws and not the 2021-22 laws which removed the goal scoring opportunity part.It is an offence if a player after the ball has touched their or a team-mate’s hand/arm, even if accidental, immediately:
• scores in the opponents’ goal
• creates a goal-scoring opportunity
Surely that created a goal scoring opportunity. He controlled it with his hand (I’d lean towards accidentally but I can’t tell for certain) to stop it going out of play, chipped it over the keeper and then it was tapped into the empty net.
Or am I misinterpreting the law?
Huh I got that off the IFAB app as well. I remember looking at the actual website when the laws changed but I assumed the IFAB app would’ve automatically updated unless I have to do somethingYou're looking at the 2020-21 laws and not the 2021-22 laws which removed the goal scoring opportunity part.
You have to change the edition in settings.Huh I got that off the IFAB app as well. I remember looking at the actual website when the laws changed but I assumed the IFAB app would’ve automatically updated unless I have to do something
Huh I got that off the IFAB app as well. I remember looking at the actual website when the laws changed but I assumed the IFAB app would’ve automatically updated unless I have to do something
Doesn’t go into the goal off his hand, so on we go. Arm is out for balance as adjusts to (mis)control the ball.
And ignore Lee Dixon on the TV too; it would not have been a penalty had it been a defender as he kicks it against his own hand.
Score your penalty, don’t hit the woodwork and it won’t matter.
Justifiable by the player’s body movement IMO - very difficult to control a bouncing ball whilst on the move with your arms down by your sides like a penguin without going face first into the turf. Hand moving towards the ball isn't a consideration, nor is the fact the ball might have gone out of play without it touching his hand.Expect handball law to change again... Football expects and all that...
I'm torn on this one. I'm close to it being a consequence of the movement for that specific situation BUT, the hand does move towards the ball and without the handball it's going out of play. It's definitely unnaturally bigger.
Hand moving towards the ball isn't a consideration