Manchester City s Club World Cup goal has caused controversy, and IFAB rules interpret reveals background

On July 1, Manchester City's goal in the first half of the B-goal score caused considerable controversy in the focus match against Riyadh Crescent in the Club World Cup in the quarterfinals, and at the same time, Bunu's outstanding saves became the focus of the game.

As a team that won the Champions League, Manchester City finally found a rhythm of rejuvenation after a sluggish season. Especially in this Club World Cup, Manchester City performed extremely well in the group stage. They first defeated Vadard 2-0 and then defeated Ain 6-0, and finally swept Juventus 5-2, becoming the only team to advance in a group victory.

At the same time, Riyadh Crescent, as the AFC Champions League champion, also showed considerable strength. Although Manchester City took the initiative throughout the game, the Riyadh Crescent obviously caught Manchester City off guard. Especially before the end of the first half, although Manchester City hit the goal frame 7 of 9 shots, only 1 goal was scored, and this goal also brought some controversy.

In the 9th minute of the game, Nuri broke through to the Riyadh Crescent penalty area on the left. After the pass was blocked, the ball bounced to the foot of B's ​​feet. His outside instep shot into the net, and Manchester City got a good start. However, the goal was questioned by the opponent's players, who believed that there was a handball when Nuri broke through and asked to make the goal invalid. The referee ignored the complaint and instructed the player's arms to remain close to each other, believing that there was no handball problem, thus confirming that the goal was valid and that VAR did not even intervene. The verdict of

has aroused heated discussions among many fans. Some fans believe that fouls should be judged only when the defense uses his arms to prevent the attack, and handballs that are beneficial to the offense should be considered fouls; so they believe that the goal should actually be judged invalid. Other fans felt that although the player's arms were tightly attached to the body, wasn't the obvious handball behavior worthy of VAR's intervention? The referee's penalty is really puzzling.

However, some fans explained this judgment, pointing out that the IFAB handball rules clearly stipulate that accidental handball is no longer considered a foul before the goal. They mentioned similar situations, such as Manchester United's fourth round against Middlesbrough in the 2021 FA Cup. In the game, Middlesbrough also caused controversy when he scored a goal in 65 minutes. Before Crooks scored, teammate Watmore accidentally touched his hand when he received the ball, but he then passed the ball to Crooks, who scored the goal. The fans also pointed out that the handball rules have been updated in March 2021.

However, some fans still questioned the above explanation, believing that the description of "accident" is very subjective and difficult to clearly define. And in the current game, the players' behavior is obviously intentional rather than accidental.