Soccer (Closing)

Tinfoil hat on REEKS of corruption.

Absolute disgrace . The fact that this penalty could prevent Newcastle from qualifying To R16 is disgusting.

this is one of the worst referee decisions I've ever seen! What the hell is the point of VAR when you have multiple angles showing the ball came off the chest? what is the argument here? that the arms were extended? criminal if I must say.

Truly awful decision and I’m a Boro fan…

The handball rule is so fucked, so many results are decided because of it and it’s spoiling the game.

Stupid rules aside, how can that be intentional? Ball hits his chest then arm, blasted at him from a yard away, how is it fair in general to give a penalty in that scenario? If the cross went in from dembele, the direction of the ball is going to the edge of the box, Newcastle had about 6 or 7 players back, what’s the xG of that? 0.01? Versus giving a penalty which has an xG of 0.8 maybe?

Shambles from the ref and VAR, happening way too often.

UEFA handball rules are horrible.

in what bloody universe is that a penalty?

PSG has UEFA in their pockets, shaking my head....

Can’t wrap my brain around who wants to be a defender in todays game, looks like a shit job

Corruption??

You have to say that is objectively deeply deeply funny.

I think a lot of us have no idea what the laws are since the commentators have no clue and say things like oh body first never a pen when that might not be in the laws at all.

You know it’s a terrible call when you feel righteous anger on behalf of a team you hate

Horrendous call. When will clubs start fielding amputees to combat this issue?

That mbappe ref talk at half time really worked. I need mbappe to talk to my bosses regarding giving me a raise

It’s not even worth being annoyed at these bullshit calls. It’s all a fucking lottery and you either win or lose

Booed the hello out of Messi now that he is gonna they have to rob Newcastle lmao

Can't wait for the Worldnews update, SA invades Qatar

Couldn't have happened to a nicer team!

Football is just gradually eroding.

It's a low scoring game. One goal makes a massive difference and it's just becoming so often that difference is nothing to do with skill, all to do with decisions.

I dunno why the football authorities want to make it that way.

VAR=... various Arabic royalties?

And commentator was saying this is one of the best refs in the world, dude's a fucking knobhead for that terrible decision. UEFA wasn't going to let the scumbag NAK leave sad.

Hit the elbow in the penalty area, counts as a foul. If it was a tackle, then PSG would be rewarded the penalty. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Oilcastle United owners haven't got the hang of the bribes yet. It'll come don't worry lads.

and this is why the handball rule is fucked. this ref gave a pen, while something similar will happen in another match and another ref won't give a pen. Doesn't matter what the actual rule is, comes down to the level of delusion that the ref has within him

What is he meant to do? Manipulate the laws of physics?

Wow…

lmao at these sportwashing teams fucking each other and calling for justice lol

Best case of karma I have ever seen.

Although, unlike the team Newcastle cheated to get three points, they still got one tonight.

The only way var can review this and believe theres anything in it shows this sports rigged. Impossible that 4 unbias professionals and ref believe this is a penalty. Ceferin and his buddy at P$G are laughing

Atleast moving forward, the toon know to all chop their arms off before kick off to stop this from happening

Woeful decision ffs

Awful decision by the ref there. The ball clearly touches the body first and then it touches the arm.

Horrible call indeed. That was totally unintentional. I can only guess the referees discussed that the "arm was extended away from the body" but that is certainly not an "unnatural position". So I don't get what the rule even is anymore.

There is no question about it Newcastle were robbed.

But by god it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving team😂

Marciniak z ty debilu.

Rule mentions, if the arm is in an unnatural position. This rule is so dumb, So running like a normal human is unnatural, But gluuing your Arms to you body so the ball doesn't Hit the arms and when it hits it's not a pen, is a natural position

Genius

That’s a terrible call. Was it initially called a handball or was this an overturned non-call through VAR? If it was VAR making the call then just even more proof refs will find the way to rig a game.

That is truly one of the worst calls I’ve seen

Don't think I've ever seen such agreement on a decision in a thread tbh

Soft call

Let me just put it this way, if you replaced Newcastle with Inter...even I would be livid at seeing this call.

What an injustice. Absolutely the wrong call. The defender is pivoting and pushing off so naturally his arms gonna go up for counterbalance. Anyone who's ran fucking knows that, except for the ref.

At this point no matter the circumstance if the ball hits your arm while it's away from your body it's a pen.

LOL anything to cheat a win

I think UEFA prefer Qatar oil :)

Sweet karma ☺️

So now no player apart from Mbappe at PSG can score goals when points are most needed

He wasn't even going to give it in the first place.

Karma for Arsenal. What goes around comes around.

lol this sub is just full of Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, Man City, Barcelona & Real Madrid fans who can’t take a loss. All teams get fucked by VAR eventually, today it was Arsenals turn. Stop your fucking whinging.

Ohh nyoo, Newcastle got screwed by VAR?