Quote Originally Posted by leftrightout View Post
I always laugh at the hand ball, arm in unnatural position comments.
Last time I checked his arm was still joined to his shoulder and runs along the side of his body with a large range of natural movement... what the ef in an arm in an unnatural position?
If you stand in a wall and raise your arms and leave them there 30 seconds before a free kick is taken and the ball hits the arm is it a free kick?
The arms are there, the ball hits the arm. The arm doesn’t hit the ball as it doesn’t move.
The defender probably couldn’t get his arms out of the way because the ball was travelling so quick.