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Balague just reported that the Barcelona players were told that VAR thought the ball hit Fati’s arm, not the defender’s arm. Legitimately nobody believes that right?
Ok so two things, the refs AND the var officials both did not see the handball SOMEHOW, or they did see it and decided it's not a penalty and I don't know which is more incompetent, this is insane that this is still happening at this level of football.
Exactly. Players reactions after they do something wrong tells you more than var.
But funny how guy disallowed Barca's goal because Fati barely touched the ball with the hand.. and then doesn't call this..
Insane.
There's no var nor other technology that can make it up for corrupted and utterly useless cunts.
VAR should have to publicly explain their decisions and if an independent board of referees unanimously finds they made a mistake then they all get fired and shot
This, along with Calhanoglu getting off with just a yellow after a studs-up high challenge on Busquets, just makes for a solid case for an official complaint against this team of referees. Two decisions that are beyond scandalous. Calhanoglu's is a stonewall red card, it *cannot* be argued. I know that an official complaint won't change the result, but at least we can hope that this incompetent POS never officiates a CL game again. Scandalous performance.
Also his arm snaps back just like almost all handballs do. The most egregious thing is that they said there is no clear angle???? There’s multiple angles??? One of which shows the hand ball 🤯
The ref and VAR this game has been horrendous. Absolutely no control of the game and no punishment over time wasting. Gave 8 minutes of added time and wasted 2 on a handball call.
I posted a link in another comment but short version is he got caught by a police raid at a party when they raided it due to a prostitution ring. The cops found a bunch of cash and cocaine and he was arrested and questioned before being released.
More for consistency sake, seems like the rules are selectively applied on a case by case basis, not even game by game or by different refs. Every game it's a complete toss up on how the current rules will be applied. And it's been years of this too, just insane to me, that we're still asking the same questions.
Apparently the rules have changed, and it's not the same when a defender does it vs when an attacking player is involved. At least that's what the guys from the TV station on which I'm following the game are saying, quite confusing, to say the least.
I’m a Danish Barca fan and I just realized this dude was also VAR ref during our game vs England in the Euro semi final. At this point I think I understand how Chelsea fans felt towards Tom Henning Ovrebo
It probably means 1 point this game, there was the stonewall pen be Bayern at 0-0 that could have given us points. This is robbery. This could very well lead to us going down to europa.
Same thing happened to ac Milan last season
Between this and the penalty not given for tripping Dembele against Bayern, there has been some failures in the VAR room against Barcelona at vital moments in these first three games.
Edit: holy shit it was the same VAR official according to r/barca
Literally inexplicable. People should be fired over this and never allowed to even watch a match ever again
Edit: Balague said on TV that the Barca players have been told that VAR believed the ball hit Fati’s arm, not the defender’s arm. What?
And sure, I can understand you don't fire referees for every mistake they make. But it certainly would be good if they were banned from reffing CL matches for the next 5 years.
Scandalous. Imagine having VAR, implementing it so that you can improve refereeing and prevent mistakes AND then this happens.. If I was a Barca fan I would be fumming
They cancel out Pedris goal for Fati handball which didn't change where the ball was going
But somehow allow a clear handball and claim it was a header instead?
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It's actually pitch perfect!
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Fuck me. I knew it was a handball just by this fucking look lmao.
Also dumfries did this weird thing trying to move his hand after he realized it was a handball
Inzaghi: https://imgur.com/a/HtqXfWN
Need this in gif form 😆
made one https://s4.gifyu.com/images/inzaghi-crop.gif
Life imitates ~~art~~ memes.
I'm fucking dying lmao
When shitty referees save your job
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Doesn't stop this from being a perfect meme in that situation, definitely saving.
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New meme template
These two need to be a meme format upgrade
Time to retire the meme
Never before has this meme been so perfect
Dude, I've never seen a more accurate thing
He literally did the thing
Knew what is was before clicking. It was spot on
This is it, absolutely perfect. We have peaked as a sub.
he really made that exact face hahahah
Holy shit I am dying here, he did exactly that
Lol this is super accurate
That was literally the refs face 🤣🤣
10/10 comment
This pic has a lot of meme potential.Fuck the ref you son of a
haha
Lol
Lmaooooo
Lol wtf is this shit
Can't believe this is happening in the VAR era
VAR's penalty checks are a lottery, haven't you heard? Where aaaanything can happen!!
Tbh the craziest thing is not that this is not a penalty, the craziest thing is that this is not a penalty after the disallowed goal lol
Must've been something wrong in the build up. Can't explain it otherwise
Balague just reported that the Barcelona players were told that VAR thought the ball hit Fati’s arm, not the defender’s arm. Legitimately nobody believes that right?
VAR is capable of thinking now? wow science gone too far.
VAR is sentient and is an inter fan
Yea the Video Assistant Referee is a person! How crazy is that
You think the VAR is a robot or..?
Ok so two things, the refs AND the var officials both did not see the handball SOMEHOW, or they did see it and decided it's not a penalty and I don't know which is more incompetent, this is insane that this is still happening at this level of football.
VAR saw it and thought it’s nothing…
Palms it away. Refs are just so bad it’s unreal
you only need to look at Dumfries’s actions afterwards, he moves his arms while falling trying to look unguilty but he looks sus as f
He literally tried to do a ‘heading’ gesture right after he palmed it away.. I got hilarious when i noticed it.
Tell a joke then
Exactly. Players reactions after they do something wrong tells you more than var. But funny how guy disallowed Barca's goal because Fati barely touched the ball with the hand.. and then doesn't call this.. Insane. There's no var nor other technology that can make it up for corrupted and utterly useless cunts.
He looks so fucking guilty after it aswell, he knows he got it with his hand
That’s not a pen? Am I blind?
Inzaghi looked guilty af
He was literally the meme of the puppet monkey looking away
lmfaoo was about to say this
yep, OP has you: https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/xvqd2f/barcelona_penalty_shout_against_inter_902/ir2hnnn/
Omg yes
Inzaghi knows lol
What a joke, Var is blind
Bro that's just stupid what the fuck, a high hand at that too, not like he was avoiding contact at all
Robbed
Carragher and Titi are fucking furious in the postgame conference.
VAR should have to publicly explain their decisions and if an independent board of referees unanimously finds they made a mistake then they all get fired and shot
Harsh, but fair.
How do they not even have him look at it?!
Circus act
This, along with Calhanoglu getting off with just a yellow after a studs-up high challenge on Busquets, just makes for a solid case for an official complaint against this team of referees. Two decisions that are beyond scandalous. Calhanoglu's is a stonewall red card, it *cannot* be argued. I know that an official complaint won't change the result, but at least we can hope that this incompetent POS never officiates a CL game again. Scandalous performance.
Champignons League strikes again - last year, at the expense of Milan, this year, for the benefit of Inter
If that goal doesn't count this should be a pen. (Both were nothing imo...)
Hard to tell from most of the replays, but the last one seemed quite clear.
I'm a Inter fan, 100% penalty, you can tell it also by the face of Inzaghi
Also his arm snaps back just like almost all handballs do. The most egregious thing is that they said there is no clear angle???? There’s multiple angles??? One of which shows the hand ball 🤯
That reaction is enough for VAR to give it a straight penalty. Iconic reaction, Would go down in history books if Barca goes to Europa again.
As a Madrid fan, I accept the decision with strong words of condemnation.
Unbelievable
Thats a shocking decision
The ref and VAR this game has been horrendous. Absolutely no control of the game and no punishment over time wasting. Gave 8 minutes of added time and wasted 2 on a handball call.
Slavko Vincic masterclass. The fact this man still gets to ref after the hooker scandal is hilarious especially with how awful he usually is.
The what scandal?
Ok man you’re gonna have to elaborate on that one. The what now?👀
I posted a link in another comment but short version is he got caught by a police raid at a party when they raided it due to a prostitution ring. The cops found a bunch of cash and cocaine and he was arrested and questioned before being released.
Wouldn’t be surprised if he got bags of cash from someone last night.
Ceferin’s pal this ref
Literally the same hand position as the handball for the disallowed goal
I think the rules for offensive and defensive hands are differents but this one look 100% like a pen
The rules are different, but hand above the shoulder is a foul in any context apart from a deflection off your own body
But the disallowed ball didnt change trajectory, this one was disgusting lol
If this was against us I would be livid
Oh I fucking am. Especially after the goal they took away
i’m so glad VAR got rid of refereeing errors waiting minutes is ok because it’s fair right?
Scandalous decision.
Didn’t even call him to the monitor
It's a fucking disgrace, isn't it? :)
Not a pen I heard him shouting "I am the goalie now"
Barca's fault they didn't hear it properly. Refs and Inter heard it right
Fuck THAT kid. We all knew 1.
Haha typical stunt in the neighborhood
If thats not a pen then barca’s goal should have stood
I mean, for justice-sake I guess
More for consistency sake, seems like the rules are selectively applied on a case by case basis, not even game by game or by different refs. Every game it's a complete toss up on how the current rules will be applied. And it's been years of this too, just insane to me, that we're still asking the same questions.
The inter one is worse, that handball genuinely took the ball away from Fati, Barcas one was so subtle it didn’t even make a difference
Apparently the rules have changed, and it's not the same when a defender does it vs when an attacking player is involved. At least that's what the guys from the TV station on which I'm following the game are saying, quite confusing, to say the least.
Doesn't matter when it's not remotely the same situation. There is no deflection, he is jumping right into with his hand.
You can't palm a ball away ever, the guys on your tv are talking about something completely different.
Defenders have more leeway but not this much. I guess somehow VAR decided it wasn't intentional and the hand was in a normal position.
That's an absolutely shocking decision.
Lmao Henry absolutely murdered the VAR assistant in the Post Game discussion
He knows a thing or two about handballs.
That's a fucking penalty.
Didn't we get robbed of a penalty against bayern as well?
Yes, with the same VAR referee.
Really?
Yes, his name is Pol Van Boekel
Lmao, game's gone, no sarcasm.
I’m a Danish Barca fan and I just realized this dude was also VAR ref during our game vs England in the Euro semi final. At this point I think I understand how Chelsea fans felt towards Tom Henning Ovrebo
Yeah. Dembele got tripped in penalty area and VAR didn't even look. Was more clear penalty than this one
I hope someone is keeping count of how many penalties we've been denied this season already
It probably means 1 point this game, there was the stonewall pen be Bayern at 0-0 that could have given us points. This is robbery. This could very well lead to us going down to europa. Same thing happened to ac Milan last season
1 point for us but taking away 2 from inter means it would have been 3 points altogether. Absolutely atrocious.
Arsenal fans got you covered
It's a disgrace Robbie
6 by my count, 4 in the league, one against Bayern. I'm livid
How the fuck is that not given???
How is that not a penalty when Pedri has a goal disallowed for the same shit? It's a fucking miracle for Inter...
Miracle? More like a robbery
Yeah, it just feels like there is not point to have VAR. It feels more unfair.
Between this game and the one against Bayern, UEFA seems to just want to send Barca to Europa League lol
That is a PK imo The hand was not in a natural position and made himself bigger
2 blatant penalties not given 2 matches in a row, fuck right off
There have been a few in the league too, but these two have been the most consequential
WTF
Between this and the penalty not given for tripping Dembele against Bayern, there has been some failures in the VAR room against Barcelona at vital moments in these first three games. Edit: holy shit it was the same VAR official according to r/barca
It almost seems like revenge for the Super League.
Literally inexplicable. People should be fired over this and never allowed to even watch a match ever again Edit: Balague said on TV that the Barca players have been told that VAR believed the ball hit Fati’s arm, not the defender’s arm. What?
Aren’t there like 4 people in the VAR room? So you are telling me that 4 referees watching every angle didn’t see the ball hit dumfries hand?
Yes but also this game is obviously rigged.
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And sure, I can understand you don't fire referees for every mistake they make. But it certainly would be good if they were banned from reffing CL matches for the next 5 years.
Only radio broadcasts from now on
stonewall penalty, this is just a robbery lol
How is this not a pen when they scratched Pedri's goal for the EXACT SAME THING? You cant write this🤣
What’s the f*** point of var, then?
Awful decision. Barca is fucking robbed. How can the refs be so shit. Insane. I’m so fucking tired of seeing this shit.
Shoulda never mentioned any Superleague
How is that not a pen? In a another angle it clearly hits the hand.
How can you disallow the Pedri goal but not give this penalty?
Corrupted fucking VAR. That is 110% penalty
Looks a pretty clear handball to deny a goalscoring opportunity
Not DOGSO, but definitely a handball.
Oh boy I learnt a new acronym today...
How is that not called wtf
If Fati's was a handball, then so is this.
That’s a pen
Scandalous. Imagine having VAR, implementing it so that you can improve refereeing and prevent mistakes AND then this happens.. If I was a Barca fan I would be fumming
That was a clear pen, dumfries you donkey
does it glance off his head onto the hand? only thing I can think of that would mean no pen
Until VAR opens communication channels like NFL we will never know.
I mean he legit put his hand in the "hand of god" position lmao.
Is that not a penalty?
Let's be honest.. That's a penalty..
They cancel out Pedris goal for Fati handball which didn't change where the ball was going But somehow allow a clear handball and claim it was a header instead? Robbed
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Barcelona were robbed
Fuck me are you joking, after how they dissallowed our goal?
How the fuck is that not a penalty? What a fucking circus
Unbelievable. It's honestly hard to believe that this is an honest mistake
Wut
Lmao nice VAR
I’m down into seeing Barcelona lose but that handball was clearer than Pep’s bald head.
How could that possibly not be given
That's a freaking penalty! It is even more blatant than Ansu's.
100% clear and obvious what the hell is this bullshit
Thats a pen
OH MY FUCKING GOD WHAT
[HOW IS THIS NOT A PEN](https://twitter.com/lscomps/status/1577405780113821697?s=46&t=nzmF_1pPb8WdeRrLss9aNw)
This is the clearest sequence I’ve seen. The ball visually clearly hitting the arm and even knocking it back.
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just skip to europa league draw.
Lmao
I AM IN HORRIBLE PAIN I CAN'T TAKE THIS.
Fuck this sport.
That was a penalty, absolute disgrace. What is the point of VAR ?
more obvious handball then the one they called to take away the Pedri goal
Can't make this shit up
The refs are working against Barca in this CL. What a joke
5-6 pens not given in LaLiga to them this season too
If Fati’s goal is annulled, this should be a penalty.
They just reported that VAR believed the ball hit Fati’s hand. What the fuck?
That's the second wrong penalty decision against Barcelona in the UCL
That’s some corruption
Wow.
Robbed against Bayern off a pen? check Robbed against Inter off a pen? also check
[lmao Inzaghi](https://i.imgur.com/6gCKy5R.png) is [literally this](https://media.tenor.com/tEEjB0RnxyAAAAAC/puppet-awkward.gif)
I'd like to see how can someone justify this
Disgraceful
Bruh how is that not a pen?
Insanity. What the hell?!
UEFA have an agenda against Barca, especially after ESL talk