📸 Was that really handball?! Davies puts Paris back in front | OneFootball

An incredible first half in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final ends tragically for Bayern Munich against PSG. With the score at 2-2, Ousmane Dembélé whipped a cross from the right into Bayern’s penalty area just before half-time. The problem from the visitors’ point of view?

Alphonso Davies initially blocked the cross slightly with his thigh and then with his left hand. VAR then stepped in, referee Sandro Schärer took another look at the incident and then pointed to the spot.

Dembélé then made it 3-2 for the French side. A bitter moment for Davies, who had rather surprisingly been named in the starting XI ahead of Konrad Laimer. According to the rules, by the way, handball does not necessarily have to be given if the ball is first deflected onto the arm from the player’s own body.

What do you think: was that a clear penalty, or did it not necessarily have to be given?

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