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UEFA stands down VAR official after Newcastle handball (www.espn.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by tylerthe-theatre@alien.top to c/talk@soccer.forum

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[–] TheLimeyLemmon@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I'm so confused. A few weeks back Liverpool had a last minute goal ruled out for a handball in the buildup, which was another case of the ball hitting the body first, and then the arm.

The explanation among fans was that there's not enough clarity in the handball rule currently to distinguish handballs that come off the body first don't count, which is annoying, but fine.

Happens again last night, and now the VAR is being stood down, which basically communicates that UEFA think something has gone wrong. So which is it? Are they going to address the rule change or not, they look like they've come into this season so unprepared. It wasn't like they hadn't been told it was recommended as an expansion to the handball rule back in April of this year.