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Originally Posted by sadora
Just finished watching that game. Great job on Milan for parking everyone behind the ball to not give Barca any space to maneuver through. Realistically though this game should have only been 1-nil for Milan. That second goal was a great play but that first goal should have never counted. Horrible non call for the obvious hand ball. Barca can still go through. Milan's hope there for that Egyptian kid is laughable, maybe in a few years when he gains more experience. Barca can easily score 3 or more at home, they have done it before and against even better teams.
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Obvious hand-ball involves discretion. The ball was traveling at the net, and the AC player raised his hands out of the way of the original shot. It deflected not 4 yards from him --- far too close and fast for him to have any sort of a reaction.
Consensus I've read (outside of Spain/Italy) is that it was appropriate call.
In fairness to Barce, when they were running their set pieces through the AC backline, they were very threatening. It seems they were sitting back after AC scored that first one, and didn't go back to creating the offense like they were before.
Two things struck me though. Sanchez and Valdez. They need to raise their games.