After a 3-1 defeat at home to Eintracht Frankfurt, Barca were eliminated from the Europa League. In addition to awarding a penalty to Eintracht Frankfurt and blowing off Busquets' goal, the referee ignored Borre's handball in the penalty area.
In fact, the Portuguese referee's decision did not have a major misjudgment, and the three key penalties were correctly awarded in accordance with the rules. Garcia did pull down his opponent in the penalty area, and Busquets was indeed in offside.
However, the disregard of handball in the Borre penalty area has sparked controversy. The scene came in the 59th minute of the game, when the ball bounced back into Borre's right arm as the ball bounced off Borre's right arm and the referee, who was close at hand, did not award a penalty. After the video assistant referee intervened, the referee did not make a change in the judgment.
Slow motion showed that the ball did hit Borre's arm, and Borre clearly opened his arm, actively touching the ball and benefiting from it. However, under the current rules, it is correct for the referee not to award a penalty. The rules stipulate that "a ball that touches a player's own head or body (including feet) directly into the hand/arm" is not considered a foul.
The problem is that, in the case of the same action, the rules are clearly not good for the attacking side. According to the rules, "a goal is scored directly through the player's hand/arm, even if it is accidental, including the goalkeeper", "the ball is scored immediately after touching the player's hand/arm, even if it is accidental", both of which are considered goals. At the same time, "accidental handball by a teammate before a goal, or accidental handball that gives oneself a chance to score, will no longer be considered a handball foul." ”
That is, if the same unintentional handball is in the penalty area, the defender will not be considered a foul and will not be awarded a penalty, if the player gives an assist after the unintentional handball, then the goal will be valid, and if the player scores immediately after the unintentional handball, then the goal will be considered invalid.
As a result, we saw chelsea defender Alonso's goals against Real Madrid and Juve defender Pellegrini in the match against Cagliari both invalidated for unintentional handball.
Alonso did touch the ball with his hand, but the ball bounced off and hit his hand, while Rabio turned to dodge and pressed his left hand against his body. Instead, Borre's handball movements were more pronounced, even with open arms.
The three decisions made by the referee conformed to the rules, but the rules themselves had loopholes, objectively limiting the offense and encouraging the defense. More importantly, the rule of making different penalties in the case of the same action, even in the interest of the defender, is obviously not fair and reasonable.