The referees renewed the accusations of courtesy of Real Madrid that there was suspicion of a penalty that did not count for Leganes in the match that ended in a 2-2 draw yesterday, Sunday, by the end of the Spanish Football League.

Barcelona fans attacked the referee of the match, Guillermo Quadra Fernandez, and the assistant video referee (Var), and accused them, as usual, of courtesy of Real Madrid by not counting the penalty kick claimed in the 84th minute, which would have changed the score in favor of Leganes and saved him from second-class relegation.

The fans celebrated the opinion of the arbitration analyst of the Spanish newspaper "AS" Ituraldi Gonzalez, who confirmed that the penalty was correct because the Serbian striker Luca Jovic jumped and his arm in an abnormal position, pointing to the calculation of penalty strikes due to similar hand gestures.

Leganes went down and was missing a single goal to stay in the league

And for the millionth time I say it, as long as the law contains estimates for the ruling, it will be poured into real and bars

The referees were going to choose the decision that saved Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Juventus, a shame and bad law because the referees are unfair, each hand imposed a penalty and enough is absurd. https://t.co/Mc2pLra9Al

- Atletico Milani (@zahooom) July 19, 2020

Indeed, the ball actually touched Joviيتش's arm, but there was no intent on the part of the player - a prerequisite for handball counting against defenders - due to several considerations.

"Jovic's shot is a penalty kick for Leganes," an arbitration analyst for the AS newspaper said.

- Let Leganes sue the Spanish Federation for the losses it is now incurring due to its decline after this unjust decision. pic.twitter.com/j8nBZ1S3m8

- Ole 🇾🇪 (@Ole_fb) July 19, 2020

The first consideration is that the ball went to Jovi? S arm who moved to the active playing position to help defend without seeing the direction of the ball, especially as the Leganes striker would have played the ball with his head but he unexpectedly missed it to pass towards the player's arm.

As for the second and third considerations, it is the speed of the ball and the distance, both of which are in Jovic's favor as they are counted from the moment of the slight touch of the striker's head and not from the place of passing the cross ball. He looked away from the direction of the ball for fear of hitting the active play area.

The arbitration analyst for the newspaper, Ace

Yovic shot is a penalty kick for Leganes pic.twitter.com/16LCpYY09F

- Abu Haidar (@ forza_barca1) July 20, 2020

Finally comes the fourth consideration that an ACE analyst built on his opinion, which is the movement of the hand that he said is abnormal, even though he contradicted himself and said that he is jumping, and the normal in the case of jumping as he says that the arm is open in a way that pushes the body upward.

There is another evidence outside the considerations stipulated by the Football Law to calculate the violation of the hand touch on defenders, that the ball would have passed away from the danger zone if Jovic left it, so why prevent it with his arm? Another valid question is why do the referees compliment Real Madrid, who already won the League title in his favor before the match?

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