How was that bellend in the PSG end with the loudspeaker allowed to carry on screaming throughout the penalties?
Who cares? Isn't it the same thing as 50k fans booing and whistling in the home end when PSG went to take their penalties?
Totally different IMO. It’s Liverpool so certainly not going to lose any sleep over it but 50k fans booing/whistling is just a wall of noise. You could clearly hear him over everything, just can’t believe he was a) allowed in with it and b) wasn’t stopped during the pens.
It’s a shame, but he did break the rule of double touch.
At the end of the day, it’s done and there’s no replaying it, Real Madrid are just spawny pricks. BUT… that clip showing the ball slightly moving away from the standing foot is NOT proof he double touched. His foot is very close to the ball and the proximity and force from his weight onto his foot will have moved the turf under the ball, which in turn would push the ball away. Not much, but enough. (In fact, if you look at the clip again, you can see that the part of the penalty spot under the ball by his foot also moves). Granted, he may have touched it and there may be better evidence but if anything it’s a feather touch and therefore far too close to call unless they’re using snicko now 🏏🤔.
That clip doesn’t show beyond reasonable doubt one way or the other. The fact that VAR came to its conclusion so quickly to change an on field decision is what is most problematic for me.
It’s a shame, but he did break the rule of double touch.
At the end of the day, it’s done and there’s no replaying it, Real Madrid are just spawny pricks. BUT… that clip showing the ball slightly moving away from the standing foot is NOT proof he double touched. His foot is very close to the ball and the proximity and force from his weight onto his foot will have moved the turf under the ball, which in turn would push the ball away. Not much, but enough. (In fact, if you look at the clip again, you can see that the part of the penalty spot under the ball by his foot also moves). Granted, he may have touched it and there may be better evidence but if anything it’s a feather touch and therefore far too close to call unless they’re using snicko now 🏏🤔.
That clip doesn’t show beyond reasonable doubt one way or the other. The fact that VAR came to its conclusion so quickly to change an on field decision is what is most problematic for me.
I suppose the VAR operators would say that a penalty shootout is a very different scenario to an incident during the match, when a 3 minute wait would be irritating but not an issue, whereas making the next penalty taker wait 3 minutes while they endlessly went through every replay several times would be creating unfair pressure on him.
Oddly, Mbappe immediately signalled to the ref that it was a double touch. Obv he might have been guessing and trying to create pressure on the referee. I agree with the opinion of most. If there is no evidence beyond what I have seen above, then it should have stood as it is not clear
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Their faces must be a picture
What a horrible way to lose a penalty shootout!
Can't see a double touch on the replay at all.
Hard to see Villa and Arsenal progressing.
Quarter-Final
Arsenal Vs R. MadridPSG Vs Aston Villa
Barcelona vs Dortmund
B. Munich vs Inter Milan
1st Leg (8th April), 2nd Leg (15th April)
PSG going out to Villa would be the most PSG thing ever
BUT… that clip showing the ball slightly moving away from the standing foot is NOT proof he double touched. His foot is very close to the ball and the proximity and force from his weight onto his foot will have moved the turf under the ball, which in turn would push the ball away. Not much, but enough. (In fact, if you look at the clip again, you can see that the part of the penalty spot under the ball by his foot also moves).
Granted, he may have touched it and there may be better evidence but if anything it’s a feather touch and therefore far too close to call unless they’re using snicko now 🏏🤔.