England, on the warpath: “It is an abomination, a disgrace, a robbery”

The Pole’s decision Szymon Marciniak in the last breath of PSG-Newcastle of the group stage of the 2023-24 Champions League has England’s fair share on the warpath. The referee’s penalty for a handball by Livramento did not go well, especially as the ball hit the Newcastle player’s arm after bouncing off his chest.

So, this morning English public opinion woke up, leaving their discomfort visible in almost all the media and the truth is that with two points less, the ‘hurracas’ could lose second place in their group and remain unclassified. for the round of 16. All this in favor of a PSG that, without that point, depends on third parties to pass.

‘The Independent’ speaks of “disgrace” and describes VAR, who called Marciniak to review the play, as a “villain”. The ‘BBC’, for its part, writes: “Shame.” Former Newcastle player Jermain Jenas, an analyst at ‘TNT’, considered it “a steal”. “What should Livramento do with his arms? Wrap them around his back?” he wondered. Another former Newcastle footballer, none other than Alan Shearer, posted on

The ‘BBC’ goes on and wonders if that game was awarded as a penalty in the Premier League: “No.” “These various decisions are confusing to coaches, players and fans in England.” Keith Hackett, former director general of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the English refereeing body, told the ‘Telegraph’: “In April, in its guidelines for the upcoming season, the UEFA board “recommended that it should be made clear. that a player should not be penalized for handball if the ball has previously deflected away from his own body, but this recommendation was not followed and Newcastle paid the price in Paris.”