Stupid handball, could have been an penalty without VAR, Sydney players complained right away, so must be visible to the ref in 1st place. We should buried one of our chances and played like today all season. We fudgeed it up month ago, now it's to late.
No one is saying Rossi didn't handle the ball, but he was fouled first so the call should have been free kick to us not penalty to them. In the video below you can clearly see the Sydney guy pushing himself up off Rossi before Rossi's hand goes up. Presumably the FFA and FIFA both wanted to play with their shiny new VAR toy so hopefully we get a tick in our metrics column for helping them out at least.
Stupid handball, could have been an penalty without VAR, Sydney players complained right away, so must be visible to the ref in 1st place. We should buried one of our chances and played like today all season. We fudgeed it up month ago, now it's to late.
No one is saying Rossi didn't handle the ball, but he was fouled first so the call should have been free kick to us not penalty to them. In the video below you can clearly see the Sydney guy pushing himself up off Rossi before Rossi's hand goes up. Presumably the FFA and FIFA both wanted to play with their shiny new VAR toy so hopefully we get a tick in our metrics column for helping them out at least.Video assistant referee awards controversial penalty in A-League game – video