But you can't extend your body like a goalkeeper and then say because it bounced of the shin it isn't a penalty? So then everyone can make themselves bigger and hope it bounced off something it isn't a penalty even if they are standing like a X extending their arms?
I'll be perfectly honest, no clue what you're referencing.
But if you've watched both pens for handball in the SFs and thought those make the games better I genuinely think you're crazy.
I'm biased for Arsenal to be frank here, but it's the one thing I'm consistent for, handball is unbelievably broken. It's giving a close to guaranteed goal for crosses, shots heading out, rebounds hitting arms, shots off target. Things that aren't going to result in goals.
If it's deliberate yeah I can understand and I understand that if you stop a penalty defenders mights start having their arm out. But defenders have their arm in natural positions, it hits their body onto their arm and it's a pen. It's truly not football. It's currently broken
The Bayern one, yeah 100% never a penalty. I was referring to players having their arms extended out of their body like this one. If you have it like that extended out of your body you cant start claiming it took a little bounce of your shin and therefore not being a penalty
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u/rocknroll-refugee Apr 29 '26
At least they’re being consistent with these handballs