Contrary opinion alert ...!
No, no, breathe again, I'm in no way going to suggest that this was a correct penalty decision
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My opinion is that the handball law is currently EXCELLENTLY worded. It is just being horribly and inconsistently applied, especially at higher levels.
Basically, if you ignore the Accidental Handball resulting in a goal piece, then, in law, there are currently just two actions that should result in a handball offence. Either the player deliberately moves their hand / arm towards the ball or they place their arms in a position which is unnatural for the body movement being undertaken. We can all agree that these two things are against the spirit of the game and should be penalised, right? And any other touch of the hand / arm to the ball is a complete accident and shouldn't be penalised ... makes sense to me! So ... if all referees / associations were properly applying the law as it is written then we would be having far fewer handballs given and (a little) less debate on a subjective topic where some debate is inevitable.
Net, net, the 'solution' to this is absolutely NOT to (yet again) change the way things are written. But simply to enforce the current law properly as it is written and intended.