The second controversial play last night in the Germany-Denmark It came moments after the goal was disallowed due to semi-automatic offside. And it also stars Andersen. The Danish international came to define after the crash, in the mixed zone, that it was “real madness” to consider the handball action. The ball hit the footballer’s hands after a cross from Raum. From the VAR room, and after review, they declared eleven meters allowing Havertz to overtake the German team.
The Danish coach Kasper Hjulmand He railed against this rule at the end of the game: “I’m fed up with the ridiculous hand rule. We can’t run our defenders with their hands behind their backs. It’s frustrating. It shouldn’t be like that the football.”
Current standards and wording of IFAB Rule 12 regarding fouls and misconduct in force since July 1, 2021, after an update carried out in March of the same year by the IFAB (International Board) . The current wording, which causes so much controversy, is the following: “A player who touches the ball with his hand or arm when the hand or arm is positioned in an unnatural way and causes the body to occupy more space commits a violation. A player shall be deemed to have made his body take up more space in an unnatural manner when the position of his hand or arm is not the result of the movement of his body in that particular action or cannot be justified of said movement. By placing his hand or arm in this position, the player risks the ball hitting that part of his body and it would be a violation.“.
Many have requested a change to this rule which, for now, is not included in the changes already implemented for the next IFAB season. And in Rule 12 this change for the 2024-2025 season concerns when a penalty is committed but is considered unintentional. If a defender avoids a goal between the sticks with one hand in an unnatural position, but without making a deliberate movement, it will be a penalty and a yellow card, as when a clear scoring opportunities are avoided by fighting for the ball. And not as red as before. This also applies to hands with an accidental penalty that has a penalty that prevents a promising attack. In this case, it does not indicate a yellow card. The standard penalty is maintained when the handball is out of bounds or when the handball is sanctioned by the penalty for being voluntary.
Source: La Verdad
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