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Originally Posted by NBC
Hand ball preventing a sure goal, regardless if intentional or not is an automatic red. I think it is the same thing as bringing down an attacking player if you are the last man, thus preventing a scoring opportunity.
Maybe the FIFA rule is flawed but looks like he called it by the book.
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I could live with the penalty, but a red was too harsh. There was no INTENTION. Bringing down an attacking player is different because there is intent to pervent a scoring opportunity.