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Originally Posted by Itse
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.
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Yes, but it also comes down to hand position. Similar to the Boateng call, if his hands had been at his sides or drawn to his body I'd agree with you, but you cant throw your hands in the air like that.
The French player got his head on the ball and it would have been heading goalwards if it hadnt hit Schweinsteiger's hand. You have to call that. And trust me, no one is more pissed off about it than me.