Analysis of Penalty Decision in Soccer

Spain got a penalty in this situation, so what happened here was that Yamal went for

the ball and actually was first on the ball and then got kicked on the leg.

So the defender did not see Yamal coming here, however he should sense his presence,

so this is a case of being careless for acting without precaution for an opponent.

So even though he doesn't factually see Yamal here, he should be aware of his

surroundings and two similar penalties have been called in the World Cup,

for example, Modric against England and Kane against Mexico.

So this is a very similar case,

however before Yamal got kicked on the leg, the ball touched his arm.

So should this be a handball offense before the penalty was called?

If you look at a handball law, it says that if you deliberately handle the ball

or make your body unnaturally bigger, it is a handball offense.

In this case,

the arm is glued to the body and this is not a deliberate handball.

So for handball purposes, this is not a handball offense.

So you might be

thinking he gained an advantage by touching the

This would only be a

handball offense if Yamal had scored with an arm or immediately after

with another body part.

Getting a penalty is not included for this law.

So just because he got a penalty after touching the ball with his arm,

it is not a handball offense, as the touch on the arm in itself is not a

handball offense and a penalty is absolutely the correct decision here for a

careless kick on the opponent.