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Originally Posted by Beninho
Rio Ferdinand also agrees that this is not a penalty, Michael Owen says it’s not a spot kick in a million years. If you played this sport you know how ridiculous this call was, it’s not even close to debatable for me
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The players can disagree with it all they want - but based on the rule book and the definition I've seen from referees it's not the wrong call. The problem is it's a 50/50 call that can be interpreted differently since the FIFA rule book is actually some what vague on hand balls but based on all I've seen FIFA say to refs this is how they want them to make that call.
Watch this Video with former World Cup referee and the former US director of refereeing - it's how FIFA instructs their refs to make the call.
Around the 9 minute mark - "You took a chance, you took a risk, you stop the ball with your hands, and guess what we're going to call it".