At the Parc des Princes,
Swallow the venom. In line with the Argentinian coaches of OM, Jorge Sampaoli refrained from making the slightest comment on the refereeing after the Clasico on Sunday. “I never talk about the decisions of the referees, it’s not my style. “On the other hand, it is the style of all the other spectators of PSG-OM – us the first – who are torn around one and the same question: should we block against Mari… uh no, not that: was there a penalty on Valentin Rongier’s hand in the penalty area?
For Amine Harit, passing through mixed zone, of course not. “The ball touches Valentin’s thigh a little before bouncing off his hand, but I don’t think there is any desire to make a hand. This is the complexity of the present case. The intentionality, the position of the body and the unpredictability of the trajectory of the ball, deflected by the thigh on the elbow which, we notice it anyway, advances a little.
What the IFAB (International Football Association Board) says: “The position of the player’s arm or hand must be judged in relation to the movement of the body in the situation under consideration”
Translation 20 Minutes translate: “We have nothing planned for this particular case, get over it. In other words, it is at the discretion of the referee. Leteixier has in this case chosen to sanction this hand.
The lack of clarity of the rule and the absence of consensus have the gift of bringing Pablo Longoria out of his hinges. The Spaniard, on Prime Video: “When the ball hits the front thigh. It is a difficult decision to accept. I am a football purist. It is an involuntary position with the hand next to the body. When the ball touches the player’s thigh… it’s a difficult decision, especially when you have VAR. If we VAR, it’s for all that, this type of refereeing error. It’s impossible to get a penalty for that, in a good football match, between two good teams. On the other hand, in a match between two average teams, it is possible.