Now, I don’t know wether i agree with the referees decision or not altough I’m gonna play devils lawyer.
Firstly, just because the ball bounces of your chest doesn’t give you a “free pass” to touch it with the arms. As an exaggerated example, you can’t just punch the ball if you hit it with the chest first. Therefore, when the ball bounces of your chest and hits your arm it is a concrete decision wether or not the arm was in an unnatural position.
Secondly, his arm was flying. Wether or not he had the intent to hit the ball with his arm (which he definitely didn’t) his arm still had no reason to be so high up, especially because he was in the box. His arm shouldn’t have been raised to shoulder level as that MIGHT deflect a goal scoring opportunity. Because of that it is deemed a penalty when he eventually it the ball with his elbow and totally changed PSG’s opportunity.
That’s how I view it, although as stated, I havn’t thought through wether I agree with the decision or not.
Now, I don’t know wether i agree with the referees decision or not altough I’m gonna play devils lawyer.
Firstly, just because the ball bounces of your chest doesn’t give you a “free pass” to touch it with the arms. As an exaggerated example, you can’t just punch the ball if you hit it with the chest first. Therefore, when the ball bounces of your chest and hits your arm it is a concrete decision wether or not the arm was in an unnatural position.
Secondly, his arm was flying. Wether or not he had the intent to hit the ball with his arm (which he definitely didn’t) his arm still had no reason to be so high up, especially because he was in the box. His arm shouldn’t have been raised to shoulder level as that MIGHT deflect a goal scoring opportunity. Because of that it is deemed a penalty when he eventually it the ball with his elbow and totally changed PSG’s opportunity.
That’s how I view it, although as stated, I havn’t thought through wether I agree with the decision or not.