by St Pauli »
11 Jul 2024 09:53
Snowflake Royal St Pauli Stranded Anyone who doesn't think that was a penalty clearly subscribe to the view that a foul is somehow different outside of the box than in. Easy for the ref to miss but simple question is, if seen, would that have been a free kick on say the halfway line - if the answer, as it is here, is a simple yes then it is a penalty. None of this it was soft rubbish, it was a clear foul.
Now if you want to try and find a reason for it not to be given, the ball did find its way to Kane off of Saka's arm but this may well just have been luck for England as it was not intentional. If Kane had scored with his shot, then it would have been a free kick to the Netherlands but as he missed and was fouled, it was not handball under the rules, so the foul was given.
Anyway, England played like a different team for a lot of that and even when they sat back more in the 2nd half, looked much more incisive on the counter. If they play like that, they will have a chance more than a decent chance on Monday.
If the Saka hand ball isn’t a handball it’s because it’s not intentional.
Was the intent of the defender to bring Kane down or to block the shot? Imo he’s clearly trying to block the shot, not foul Kane.
Tell us you don’t understand the laws without actually saying it St Pauli
I’m saying the laws need updating.
Or changing to allow reflect the new way the game is officiated.
I’m suggesting that on pitch refs throughout history have had to be, or simply have been, far more flexible with the rules than perhaps the rule book intends. IE they’ve more often gone with ‘the spirit of the rules’ rather than a literal interpretation of the rules.
VAR refs have far more time and camera angles to make decisions, and so as a result intentionally or unintentionally are tipping the balance more in favour of the literal rules than the ‘spirit of the rules.’
And before loling at the difference between literal and spirit, in law, judges are supposed to interpret the ‘spirit’ of a law, even if this means going against the literal wording of a law.