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From UEFA's own website: "No handball offence should be called on a player if the ball is previously deflected from his own body and, in particular, when the ball does not go towards goal." (alien.top)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Here's my take: It's a soft call. I'll be honest, I have no fucking clue if VAR can/should go back that far in the play after a goal is scored.

What I can say is, Mac's arm influenced his control of the ball. It happens in football. Most footballers wouldn't call that a handball but by the definition of the law, it might be.

To me, the discussion shouldn't be whether or not it was a handball. To me the discussion should be: Should/can the officials rewind the play that far back to disallow a goal for that?