Handball – a ref’s-eye-view
On Wednesday Barcelona face Manchester United in the Champions League final to decide who will be crowned kings of Europe this year. But many Chelsea fans think their club, and not the Spanish champions, should be facing the red half of Manchester following several rejected penalty appeals for handball in a tempestuous semi-final.
Here English official [...]
What is ‘deliberate’ handball?
Norwegian Tom Henning Ovrebo has raised the question this week but probably can’t provide us with an answer.
He turned down two Chelsea penalty appeals on Wednesday after the ball twice hit Barcelona players on the arm in the area in the Champions League semi.
I think he saw both clearly. But we may never know as [...]