“Handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player making contact with the ball with his hand or arm. The referee must take the following into consideration:
•the movement of the hand towards the ball (not the ball towards the hand)
• the distance between the opponent and the ball (unexpected ball)
• the position of the hand does not necessarily mean that there is an infringement
• touching the ball with an object held in the hand (clothing, shinguard, etc.) counts as an infringement
• hitting the ball with a thrown object (boot, shinguard, etc.) counts as an infringement”
The rulebook states that a player should be penalized (mostly by a free-kick or penalty or a maximum of a yellow card) in the scenario where he/ she deliberately handles the ball to ensure that the play is favourable for his/her team – either to retain possession/ keep advantage or score a goal.
In yesterday game whether its deliberately or not Perisics' hand move towards the ball.
This is technically not that true. For jumping high as possible to get more elevation you raise your hands at the start of the jump. Then with elevation they go down. So the hands are likely going down towards his sides and while doing that he couldn't anticipate the balls movement which was covered by Matuidi's head so unfortunately it hit his hand.
Sure naththam godak uda paninna balanna. You'll get what I mean.
And Rio Ferninand, Alan Shearer kiwwa it's not a pen kiyala
let's say that Matuidi wasn't there to cover the ball & perisic saw the ball clearly with the same movement & still hit his hand. Ehenam eka pen ekak.
But Matuidi is covering the ball so he can't anticipate it'd miss his head & come towards his arm
man nam kiyanne VAR use karaddi ref la 3n denek inna one kiyala. ethakota 2/3 ke vote eka. 2 video assitant refs & the main ref. Eka sadharanai imo to give a more clear decision if things aren't that clear.
Or the rules should be more specified & the refs should have the ability to clearly understand them & give a clear cut decision
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