Kan den dømmes?
I beg to differ. Fra FA´s hjemmeside*:
1 deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, including moving the hand/arm towards the ball
- gains possession/control of the ball after it has touched their hand/arm and then:
2 scores in the opponents’ goal
3 creates a goal-scoring opportunity
4 scores in the opponents’ goal directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper
It is usually an offence if a player:
- touches the ball with their hand/arm when:
5 the hand/arm has made their body unnaturally bigger
6 the hand/arm is above/beyond their shoulder level (unless the player deliberately plays the ball which then touches their hand/arm)
The above offences apply even if the ball touches a player’s hand/arm directly from the head or body (including the foot) of another player who is close.
Except for the above offences, it is not usually an offence if the ball touches a player’s hand/arm:
7 directly from the player’s own head or body (including the foot)
8 directly from the head or body (including the foot) of another player who is close
9 if the hand/arm is close to the body and does not make the body unnaturally bigger
10 when a player falls and the hand/arm is between the body and the ground to support the body, but not extended laterally or vertically away from the body
Vi kan vel blive enig om, at punkterne 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 og 10 ikke vedrører den pågældende situation. Det efterlader punkt 5 og 9, som jeg, for nemhedens skyld har fremhævet.
Gør Calabria virkelig sin krop unaturligt større? Jeg synes, man skal være pænt farvet for at kunne påstå det. Som jeg ser det, er hans arm i en ganske naturlig position. Hvilket henleder til punkt 9: "[...]
it is not usually an offence if the ball touches a player’s hand/arm, if the hand/arm is close to the body and does not make the body unnaturally bigger"
Jeg er helt med på, at reglerne åbner op for en del interpretation - men efter min mening, er der ikke meget at interpretere på situationen i går aftes. Calabria gør ikke sin krop unaturligt større, hvorfor det ligner et klokkeklart fejldom. Ikke mindst da Valeri egentlig dømmer rigtigt første gang, for derefter at gå ud til skærmen og lader sig modbevise. Som bekendt er VAR ikke til for at overrule kampdommeren, men snarere for at give dommeren muligheden for at blive overbevist om, at hans første dom var helt forkert - i.e. dommeren må ikke omstøde sin oprindelige dom, hvis ikke han kan se en klar forseelse.
Nu er jeg heldigvis ikke Valeri, men jeg kan simpelthen i min vildeste fantasi ikke forestille mig, hvad han har set på det skærm, som
100% var en forseelse.
PS: Jeg har ikke rigtigt en foretrukne i den her kamp, så her er der altså ingen frustrationer der taler.
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http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football-11-11/law-12---fouls-and-misconduct