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Santi's handball is pretty clear.

The way he moves his arm, it seems intentional to me, which is ridiculous! Why would he even try? I think he would have been able to bring it down without his arm because the contact seems minimal. Players these days have the strangest "instincts" with their arms/hands these days.

 
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moogoo said:
Santi's handball is pretty clear.

The way he moves his arm, it seems intentional to me, which is ridiculous! Why would he even try? I think he would have been able to bring it down without his arm because the contact seems minimal. Players these days have the strangest "instincts" with their arms/hands these days.

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It is clear but I think it makes sense, your opposite arm/leg are matched while moving/running. It's just unfortunate that he kind of twists into it while trying to settle the ball with his thigh.
 
moogoo said:
Santi's handball is pretty clear.

The way he moves his arm, it seems intentional to me, which is ridiculous! Why would he even try? I think he would have been able to bring it down without his arm because the contact seems minimal. Players these days have the strangest "instincts" with their arms/hands these days.

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didnt he also have a handball in that goal vs pumas last year that was called back.
 
Schwallacus said:
It is clear but I think it makes sense, your opposite arm/leg are matched while moving/running. It's just unfortunate that he kind of twists into it while trying to settle the ball with his thigh.
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Yes. What you said is absolutely true. But in this case, I am confident he intended to use his arm. I can't prove it obviously. Just my gut feeling based on a lot of playing experience.

He brings his arm straight down and toward his trapping (right) leg. it's a very small movement, but to me, it looks different than a natural running motion.

Like I said, it's just my gut feeling. May have actually been unintentional and I'm just seeing what I'm seeing from a defender's POV on a cheating forward! :P
 
Schwallacus said:
It is clear but I think it makes sense, your opposite arm/leg are matched while moving/running. It's just unfortunate that he kind of twists into it while trying to settle the ball with his thigh.
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To me this looks like it goes from thigh to thigh and doesn't touch his arm...

I'm considering this 1 point dropped due to PRO.
 
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LionNYC said:
To me this looks like it goes from thigh to thigh and doesn't touch his arm...
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I just gave it another look (didn’t see this angle before) and I think I’m with Lion. And If it does hit his arm, the arm seems by his side at that point and it’s pretty slight. Not clear and obvious to me. Maybe I need a large hi-def screen.
 
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