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R4 vs Melbourne City | Sun 3rd Nov | 6:00pm | SS7

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Posted November 03, 2019 16:41 · last edited November 03, 2019 18:04

ballane wrote:

Rammtallica - Part 2 wrote:

I don't understand how the ref gave a pen in the first place.  He was positioned about 15m directly behind Fenton, so how did he see it coming off his arm when it was clearly off his chest first.

From behind it would have looked like it came off his hand as  when you saw the front on replay it looked like it hit his chest then brushed past his arm.Not a penalty but from behind i would imagine it would look like it.Its the VAR guy who has questions to answer as he had the good view.

But as a ref you'd want to be sure what it hits when giving a pen or free kick.  He couldn't as he was directly behind the player.  Would have thought he could have left it to VAR guy to check if there was arm contact before the corner was taken, not the other way around.  And yeah agree VAR guy blew it as well.

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ballane wrote:
Rammtallica - Part 2 wrote:

I don't understand how the ref gave a pen in the first place.  He was positioned about 15m directly behind Fenton, so how did he see it coming off his arm when it was clearly off his chest first.

From behind it would have looked like it came off his hand as  when you saw the front on replay it looked like it hit his chest then brushed past his arm.Not a penalty but from behind i would imagine it would look like it.Its the VAR guy who has questions to answer as he had the good view.

But as a ref you'd want to be sure what is hits when giving a pen or free kick.  He couldn't as he was directly behind the player.  Would have thought he could have left it to VAR guy to check if there was arm contact before the corner was taken, not the other way around.  And yeah agree VAR guy blew it as well.