Don't think they flagged as an error, but one they think he missed.
The World Cup Final: France vs Croatia (Kickoff 16H00 BST)
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The position of the hand isn't in an abnormal position because he's jumping for a header. Ball clearly hits him accidentally because the French player misses the header. France aren't being denied anything by the ball hitting his hand, the next 3 players behind Perisic are all Croatians no French player close.
Most of all it's just not a handball because it isn't intentional. Rules state that the handball has to be intentional.
He clearly pulls his hand down and hand balls it. The fk are you some of you complaining about?
It will be a bit disappointing if France win like this to be honest. Dodgy free kick decision and debatable penalty. While being rather shite apart from that. Hope Croatia can either pull it back or France can at least put on a show in the second half.
Nah it happened way too fast for him to think about doing anything.
It didn't. No intention there, his hand went down to lift his thigh to block the ball. It's a natural movement.
I want 4 - 4.
Indeed.
If you think he had time to adjust to that then there's no point discussing it any further.
Indeed, you have been misinterpreting it, it seems. The fact that 5 refs in the studio thought that it might have been a pen, and then one of the best refs in the world (I guess, otherwise he wouldn't refereeing this) thought that it was a penalty after watching it like 10 times, makes it pretty clear in my opinion. You cannot move the hand in the direction of the ball while it is not attached to the body.
Play on!
Correct me if I’m being stupid and pronouncing it wrong myself but is anyone else getting annoyed with Hoddle missing out the Z in Mandzukic?!
As did England and yet that was seen as lucky.
Obviously the people who disagree with you and don't think it was the right decision.
that looked awful. i hope umtiti is ok
Agreed.
Keown "not sure there's too much wrong with him" ... What the feck?
It did though.It didn't though
He sees the ball at the last second and swats it away.
If he didn't follow through like a vollyball player and it bounced off him instead I could see it being unintentional.
IMO he instinctively moves his arm towards it as a sort of last second panic manoeuvre.
Its not like it was a mile away from his body, he kind of flinched.
But has the L and calling the other team "loser" is okay?
I can't remember an actual France attack.
Dive, own goal, wrong penalty call, when you're life wants to feck you you get fecked
Yup.
Don’t be preposterous. The linesman was giving a goal kick before VAR intervened, ffs!
So it should have been a corner but they got a penalty. Well done VAR.
Ridiculous
Why the feck not ? Because of Vida?If you block a ball in close to goal with your arm it tends to be a penalty if your arm is out, whether you meant it or not. A cross in or a shot on goal, it's a pen as you've just stopped a goal or goal creating chance. Your arm needs to be by your side.
Hoddle doesn't believe in the letter Z.
That looked a painful one
3 minutes? That's just stupid.
This situation is really badly defined by the rules. The fiftiest of fifty-fifty decisions. Highly unsatisfactory to have it play such a crucial role in a WC final.
Croatia really should be level
That is subject to referee's opinion, which usually is based if the hand is on natural position (it wasn't), if it is moving in the direction of the ball (it was) and if it is touching the body (it wasn't).
Unless you put electrodes in people's heads you cannot know 100% the intention.
Like I said, refs get it wrong all the time. That's never deliberate in a million years.
Croatia are much the better side today...
Yep. He lowers his hand into the ball once the French player missed it.
Hate handballs. Whole rule needs to be revisited. A deflection 50 cm away from his arm and I got pundits here saying it's a clear penalty. I feel my World Cup final is ruined already.
You can see went the ref gave it. The ball didn't deviate on its path and Perisic missed his kick, his hand dropped down to hit the ball in the last second (whether you think it was intentional or not it's up to judgment).
Whoa now, you’re assuming experts know what they’re doing!
That was a reffing error, not a VAR error.
The only way to rectify reffing mistakes it is to get rid of referees altogether. VAR only gives them a second bite at the cherry. It's their own fault if they can't take advantage.
Based on what ? Surely not on what the game has been so far.
VAR incident - 2:1 Griezmann