Two handling incidents, one given and one not.
First one - ball crossed in, slight touch from Onana deflects ball onto Fati's hand rather than his head, and Pedri scores - goal disallowed after OFR
Second one - Dumfries jumps to head away a cross, balls misses his head and hits his arm - no OFR
Now, I'm going to assume that it's not an error in law by the VAR and referee in thinking that as the ball has touched Fati's hand just before Pedri scores then it must be disallowed - I'd expect a L7 to know that the law has changed, for Champions League officials to get that wrong would be utter incompetence. And IMO neither are deliberate handling.
That leaves making the body unnaturally bigger. Can you argue that the positions of the arms are justifiable by their body movement in both incidents? Absolutely. Can you also argue that by having their arms in those positions the players have risked being hit by the ball and being penalised for it? Absolutely. But I don't see how the VAR can flag one as a clear and obvious error but not the other - IMO either both are handling offences, or neither one is.
First one - ball crossed in, slight touch from Onana deflects ball onto Fati's hand rather than his head, and Pedri scores - goal disallowed after OFR
The rule is clear: Pedri's goal against Inter should stand
Barcelona were robbed of a goal during the 1-0 Champions League defeat
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Second one - Dumfries jumps to head away a cross, balls misses his head and hits his arm - no OFR
Now, I'm going to assume that it's not an error in law by the VAR and referee in thinking that as the ball has touched Fati's hand just before Pedri scores then it must be disallowed - I'd expect a L7 to know that the law has changed, for Champions League officials to get that wrong would be utter incompetence. And IMO neither are deliberate handling.
That leaves making the body unnaturally bigger. Can you argue that the positions of the arms are justifiable by their body movement in both incidents? Absolutely. Can you also argue that by having their arms in those positions the players have risked being hit by the ball and being penalised for it? Absolutely. But I don't see how the VAR can flag one as a clear and obvious error but not the other - IMO either both are handling offences, or neither one is.
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