Senegal 1 Tunisia 0 FT AET

[mcal]

...so Tunisian OG scorer na oyinbo, Dylan Brown. Name no resemble north Africa

[Thunder]

Anybody want to bet, that the winner of this AFCON will be a seven lettered country.

[balo]

the time wasting specialists are now in a hurry love it

lol. I bet they were wondering what time it was.

[King Futcha]

black excellence

Honestly I dont think he is a very good coach.

With the players available this team should be so much better.

They are a joke.

they are a joke in the Final for the first time since 2002 where he was in fact, captain... black excellence

[mcal]

That is a penalty because it prevented the Tunisian player who the ball would have gotten to from making a play; at least a free kick if not.

...surprised it wasn't given. And he took a good look at it. Senegal are lucky.

[metalalloy]

That is a penalty because it prevented the Tunisian player who the ball would have gotten to from making a play; at least a free kick if not.

Wrong.

[charlie]

Well, say what you want about VAR but it has done its job in this tournament.

Todays decision, and even the decision against us in the quarters were correct decisions.
This is why I will still support VAR.

We just need to figure out how to fix the decision making on the field.

[Orion]

That is a penalty because it prevented the Tunisian player who the ball would have gotten to from making a play; at least a free kick if not.

Some other refs may interpret it differently but the Senegalese player never moved his hand towards the ball. In real time the ball came towards him too fast to remove his hand. Watching it in slow motion is not fair.

[Oguleftie]

That is a penalty because it prevented the Tunisian player who the ball would have gotten to from making a play; at least a free kick if not.

Wrong.

Challenge it with fact.

[metalalloy]

That is a penalty because it prevented the Tunisian player who the ball would have gotten to from making a play; at least a free kick if not.

Wrong.

Challenge it with fact.

You did not support your statement with any "fact". That being said. Here is the new handball rule

Deliberate handball remains an offense. The following ‘handball’ situations, even if accidental, will be a free kick:
The ball goes into the goal after touching an attacking player’s hand/arm
A player gains control/possession of the ball after it has touches their hand/arm and then scores, or creates a goal-scoring opportunity
The ball touches a player’s hand/arm which has made their body unnaturally bigger
The ball touches a player’s hand/arm when it is above their shoulder (unless the player has deliberately played the ball which then touches their hand/arm)

The following will not usually be a free kick, unless they are one of the above situations:
The ball touches a player’s hand/arm directly from their own head/body/foot or the head/body/foot of another player who is close/near [this would now put Moussa Sissoko’s opening-minute penalty in serious doubt, as it hit his chest before redirecting off his arm, although one could still argue it “made his body unnaturally bigger” which would still qualify it as a foul]
The ball touches a player’s hand/arm which is close to their body and has not made their body unnaturally bigger
If a player is falling and the ball touches their hand/arm when it is between their body and the ground to support the body (but not extended to make the body bigger)
If the goalkeeper attempts to ‘clear’ (release into play) a throw-in or deliberate kick from a team-mate but the ‘clearance’ fails, the goalkeeper can then handle the ball

https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2019/06/02 ... to-effect/

[Orion]

Happy that Senegal won this game now. They'll certainly give Algeria a tougher game in the final.

I would not have watched the final if it was against Tunisia as it would have been too one-sided.

[ohsee]

That Ethiopian ref should not be officiating handball never mind football

The worst referee in the world.

[ohsee]

black excellence

Honestly I dont think he is a very good coach.

With the players available this team should be so much better.

They are a joke.

they are a joke in the Final for the first time since 2002 where he was in fact, captain... black excellence

Frazier, stick to what you don't know, boxing and basketball.

[King Futcha]

black excellence

Honestly I dont think he is a very good coach.

With the players available this team should be so much better.

They are a joke.

they are a joke in the Final for the first time since 2002 where he was in fact, captain... black excellence

Frazier, stick to what you don't know, boxing and basketball.

still trying to figure out what you know Clay, its a stretch but maybe the slave trade?

[Tunisian Gooner]

That is a penalty because it prevented the Tunisian player who the ball would have gotten to from making a play; at least a free kick if not.

Some other refs may interpret it differently but the Senegalese player never moved his hand towards the ball. In real time the ball came towards him too fast to remove his hand. Watching it in slow motion is not fair.

Never a penalty.

Plain as day it was ball to hand, bottom line once again Tunisia undone by below required standard, 4 out of 6 games where our GK gifted the opposition a goal. No excuses, Senegal were deserved victors.

[Orion]

That is a penalty because it prevented the Tunisian player who the ball would have gotten to from making a play; at least a free kick if not.

Some other refs may interpret it differently but the Senegalese player never moved his hand towards the ball. In real time the ball came towards him too fast to remove his hand. Watching it in slow motion is not fair.

Never a penalty.

Plain as day it was ball to hand, bottom line once again Tunisia undone by below required standard, 4 out of 6 games where our GK gifted the opposition a goal. No excuses, Senegal were deserved victors.

It was good to see that common sense prevailed. I've seen some weird penalties given lately so that could have gone either way. Tunisia gained only 3 points in what was a pretty weak group, and every game leading to the semis was a draw apart from Madagascar. They overachieved to get to the semi-final of this AFCON.