Faced with the complaints and controversy generated by the play made by the Dutch striker Javairo Dilrosun in América’s first goal to tie against Puebla in the duel where they ended up winning 1-2, the Refereeing Commission of the Mexican Football Federation, unofficially told The opinionthat the play It is completely legal as stated in the game regulations.
According to the claims of the members of Puebla and public opinion on social networks, It is ensured that the Águilas player, upon falling to the grass, touches the ball with one of his hands before it reaches his teammate Salvador Reyes, who ends up pushing the ball into the nets.
Precisely because of that touch with the hand, the people of Puebla considered that the action should have been invalidated, but after consulting a source worthy of all credit of the Refereeing Commission of the Mexican Football Federation, He assured this publishing house that there is nothing illegal in the scoring as established by the game regulations.
We were even told that at the 135th annual meeting of the International Football Association Board held in 2021, the regulatory modification was made to this type of plays when a teammate receives the ball preceded by an action where a teammate touched the ball with his hand, the play is considered completely legal as it happened in the 20th minute of the game between Puebla vs. America, where the team led by Brazilian André Jardine won 1-2.
Said regulatory modification establishes the following when a player:
When a goal is scored in the opponent’s goal:
-Directly with the hand or arm —iEven if the action occurs accidentally, including the goalkeeper;
-Immediately after the ball hits your hand or arm, even accidentally.
The action in which the ball is touched with the hand or arm is no longer considered a handball offense. accidentally and, immediately afterwards, a teammate scores a goal or has an opportunity to do so.
Under that panorama, For the arbitration authorities, it was resolved with the legality of the American goal, stripping the victory over Puebla of all controversy, much less that there was help or omission from the whistler Guillermo Pacheco Larios, who validated the score without hesitation.
It should be remembered that Puebla He opened the scoring in the eighth minute through Brazilian Gustavo Ferraráis and then America tied with this action that generated controversy in the first score by Salvador Reyes and then the second that represented the victory in the 45th minute, just before going to halftime.
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