tja, offenbar bin ich da mit meiner Meinung nicht ganz so einsam, wie ich dachte:
The United States women's national team is through to the semifinals of the Women's World Cup after taking out pre-tournament favorite France with a thrilling 2-1 win, but the USWNT may have been lucky to avoid a late handball call that could have allowed France to equalize…
ftw.usatoday.com
The hosts kept up the pressure for the final minutes of the game – and were denied a penalty kick after Team USA’s Kelley O’Hara blocked a cross with her arm from close range in the penalty area.
O’Hara was facing the goal line and had her side to the shot, and in this case, O’Hara could argue that she was not making her body any bigger than a natural silhouette with her arms – but it’s a very subjective call, and
there was clearly space between O’Hara’s body and her arm.
Furthermore, we’ve seen throughout the World Cup that referees are more apt to rule any incidental contact a handball than not. Just a few days ago, Japan was ousted from the tournament after a devastating handball call allowed the Netherlands to score a late penalty.
There was little O’Hara could have done to avoid being hit, and most fans would likely agree that a penalty call would be harsh – but many were stunned that a penalty wasn’t given anyway.
Good game. Bad referees.
slate.com
O’Hara (and her arm) were in the penalty area, which meant a hand ball would give France a chance to tie the game from the penalty spot.
O’Hara clearly didn’t have time to move her arm, and she didn’t extend her limb intentionally. A
recent change to the hand ball rule, however, has made intentionality largely irrelevant. The new rule states that a nondeliberate hand ball is still an offense if the “ball touches a player’s hand/arm which has made their body unnaturally bigger.”
In this case, it’s inarguable that O’Hara’s arm made her body bigger. And as fans of Japan’s women’s national team will note, referees at this tournament haven’t typically been generous to defenders whose limbs make contact with the ball in the box.
Bilder liegen bei.
seltsam wie beide Quellen die Parallelen zu der Japan Situation ziehen. So wie ich das sehe, dachten beide, das wär wohl n Penalty gewesen, jedenfalls wenn man nicht nach dem Gefühl, sondern nach den Regeln geht.
Und nein, die beiden Artikel stammen nicht von mir.
