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Old 07-07-2016, 02:00 PM   #1946
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Originally Posted by Itse View Post
Just no, terrible refereeing. "Handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player making contact with the ball with his hand or arm." Calling that deliberate is a joke.

On the other hand, knocking the opposing player down actually does NOT have to be deliberate to be worth a penalty kick. The referee is operating from his very own rulebook, saving the clearly worse teams hide in the process.

Should be 1-0 or 2-0 for Germany. Worst refereeing of the tournament in the otherwise best game.


I guess we have a different understanding of what a handball is.
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