Aleksander Ceferin says UEFA will have “a very serious conversation” about changing the much-criticised handball law after a string of poor decisions.
There have been numerous incidents this season in which fans, players and managers have been left infuriated by the decision to award penalties for handballs. The current law says a penalty will be awarded if the ball strikes the hand when it is in a position which makes the player’s outline “unnaturally bigger”.
Although the laws state that “not every touch of a player’s hand/arm with the ball is an offence”, there have been some hugely contentious calls in which players have been penalised for handling after ricochets or after the ball was blasted into them from close range.
