After each day of Ligue 1, the Federation's refereeing department (FFF) debriefs certain situations to the VAR, the video assistance. This time, the penalty awarded to LOSC at the end of added time for a handball in the area by Kevin Danso, in the duel with Mohamed Bayo, and transformed by Jonathan David (98e), was on the menu.
In its analysis, the DA will in the sense of what Benoît Bastien had explained to Lensois coach Will Still half an hour after the final whistle. It validates the referee's decision, which the Lensois players and staff had difficulty understanding and digesting on Saturday.
Artificial increase in body surface area
« The position of Kevin Danso's arm, first pointing upwards and then bringing the ball toward the ground, artificially increases the surface area covered by his body. With his arm in such a position, the defender runs the risk of touching the ball with it and being penalized, even if he intervenes with a tackle. The penalty was therefore expected. Furthermore, the fact that the ball first touched another part of the defender's body before being deflected by the arm is not sufficient reason for not calling a penalty. Moreover, the Arbitration Department points out that this criterion does not appear in the Laws of the Game.. » Law 12 in this case.
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