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Originally Posted by cow
I hear what you're saying, but, for what it's worth, if I were refereeing the match, I'd have made the same call.
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Under handballs it applies as this for a red card
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deliberately touching the ball with a hand in order to prevent a goal or to deny an obvious goal scoring opportunity (such as to prevent a "Breakaway".... this does not apply to the goalkeeper within his own Penalty Box)
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If you watched the replay you could see that the ball was hit directly into his arm. He didnt move it into the path of the ball...it was right on his side.