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Posted November 14, 2013 08:01 · last edited November 14, 2013 08:01

Jeff Vader wrote:
I've just watched it on mysky right now. He tried to hit it and spun and it bounced up off the surface to hit his hand. He had zero clue what was going and it was in no way deliberate nor did he see it. Yes the ball hit his hand. No it is not handball. You should do some reading on the laws when making statements like that. If you think that is handball then every single time the ball touches the hand, its handball. Thats so not the case.

I agree - I learned this lesson from countless replays of a very harsh handball call against Harry Kewell early in the first half of Australia's game against Ghana at the WC 2010. The ball hit him straight on, against a motionless arm and upper body together (that's how small the gap was between body and arm). Kewell got sent off with a red card and Ghana scored a penalty. Some argued that - while they were ordinary - Australia would have won that game with Kewell on the park, and they might have gone on to the second round, despite the awful first-up game against Germany (defensive mindset, parking the bus, etc etc).

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Mainland FC edited November 14, 2013 08:01
Jeff Vader wrote:
I've just watched it on mysky right now. He tried to hit it and spun and it bounced up off the surface to hit his hand. He had zero clue what was going and it was in no way deliberate nor did he see it. Yes the ball hit his hand. No it is not handball. You should do some reading on the laws when making statements like that. If you think that is handball then every single time the ball touches the hand, its handball. Thats so not the case.

I agree - I learned this lesson from countless replays of a very harsh handball call against Harry Kewell early in the first half of Australia's game against Ghana at the WC 2010. The ball hit him straight on, against a motionless arm and upper body together (that's how small the gap was between body and arm). Kewell got sent off with a red card and Ghana scored a penalty. Some argued that - while they were ordinary - Australia would have won that game with Kewell on the park, and they might have gone on to the second round, despite the awful first-upgame against Germany (defensive mindset, parking the bus, etc etc).