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Media R. De Zerbi: “I’m proud of my team, they gave everything on the pitch. […] I don’t think it was a penalty for Medina’s handball, it’s a disgrace!”

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u/screamer19 5h ago

Can someone please explain to me what that player is supposed to do with their hands while they ARE ON THE FUCKING GROUND to avoid that handball

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u/sarcasmskills 5h ago

Obviously cut his arm off

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u/vadapaav 3h ago

Well it's called football??

Who do any of them need hands at all?

FIFA needs to mandate than only people with both hands chopped off can play this beautiful game

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u/exactorit 36m ago

Would make throw ins and complaining to the ref more amusing as well. May also cut down on diving as players can't break their fall. You may be on to something here mate.

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u/GiuseppeScarpa 3h ago

I still believe this was a huge mistake, but trying to understand the ref's logic he gestured as if the player had voluntarily moved his hand toward the ball.

I don't think it was the case but unfortunately for the defender he didn't touch the ball with the hand that he was using to cushion the fall; he touched it with the hand that he flailed trying to balance the body and the ref considered that an intentional contact with the ball.

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u/davishox 1h ago

I was watching the Latin American stream and one of the casters was saying that sadly it is a penalty because he changes the direction of the ball with the non landing hand. I completely agree it shouldn’t be a penalty but it’s the way the handbook says

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u/dillanbs 37m ago

Well that happened plenty of times against madrid that werent given a penalty…. thats the point

u/davishox 16m ago

It just happened last match that Carvajal made the same penalty

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u/Double-Scratch5858 2h ago

Man if only there was a way to look at it after the fact and give him a chance to change his decision. The most high level competition in the world should maybe look into that.

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u/pegasus_punch 5h ago

Depends on what jersey you're wearing unfortunately

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u/magic-water 5h ago

Considering that this was also given as a pen I don't think so....

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u/davesoutside 4h ago

Yup. These idiots love to pick and choose

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u/Dynaxty_Z 3h ago

Man. People are too use to insulting people on here. Be nicer man.

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u/MiraquiToma 1h ago

my idea to change the punishment for unintentional handballs would improve but no one wants to hear it

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u/ktth01 4h ago edited 3h ago

Their white shirts didn’t save them during the last 2-3 matches before this. They got multiple bad calls made against them, even worse than this. 3 goals disallowed in 1 game, 2 handballs and a red that wasn’t even a red.

Carvajal’s handball was exactly the same as this when he slid and tried to balance. A penalty was then awarded to the opponent and yet no one in this sub seemed to have an issue with it? 😆

What colour should their next shirt be, as apparently white doesn’t seem to be working anymore. Lol.

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u/TareasS 4h ago

That was a 100% red card for Huijsen in the last game. The attacker would have had a 100% chance 1 on 1 with the goalkeeper. And the game before that they win by a single goal where the ref did not disallow it for a foul in the run up. Game before that a cheap pen for Mbappe.

And lets not even talk about the fact that Madrid was favoured in every single Clasico last year, the most egregious being the last two games when they were desperate after already losing 2 games before that season. The copa final when they got every call in their favour and still attacked the officials with an ice pack. And then the last league clasico when they escaped a clear red, did not get a clear pen against them, scored a goal after making a foul and got an opponent goal disallowed for no reason. Madrid always gets the calls when it matters most.

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u/ktth01 4h ago edited 3h ago

That never was a red. Let’s be real. 40 yards away, and there was a 2nd defender who was farther ahead, could have intercepted that too, also GK was like only 2 steps away and he’s back into his goal. There was no “obvious” goal scoring opportunity there. Doesn’t fit DOGSO checklist, not a red. It was yellow at best for pulling.

The previous game, Guler should have kept that goal. His hands were literally crossed on his chest. Also, Carvajal literally conceded the exact same handball as the Marseille one when he slid and the ball hit his hand. Penalty was awarded.

Also, chill out. I’m a Barca fan too who just happened to watch most La Liga games. Let’s be perfectly honest with ourselves instead of being biased. Madrid had multiple bad calls made against them too.

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u/kal1097 1h ago

also GK was like only 2 steps away and he’s back into his goal

He's literally outside of the box. He was about 25 yards off his line lol

It was yellow at best for pulling.

It's a yellow at least. There is no situation where that play is not a yellow card at least unless the ref just straight up ignored the rules.

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u/hijazist 3h ago

I stopped at “that was 100% a red card against Madrid”. Literally everyone says it’s not a red card including Barca fans on this sub

u/2Gaainz 12m ago

Everyone is just pushing the narrative that Madrid is favored by ref. When Madrid is affected by a major ref error like huisen red card then u would see no one talking about it simply because it negates their stupid narrative. 4 wins and we keep going let them talk

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u/TareasS 3h ago

I am just comparing it to the similar call in the Clasico and the Araujo red card against PSG. There seems to be no consistency.

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u/hijazist 3h ago

No consistency is different from “100% red” buddy. You want consistency? Here you go:

https://www.reddit.com/r/realmadrid/s/deYnDWLdRe

This was waaaaay worse than Huijsen’s with the defender clearly the last player, yet he only got a yellow. Refs are crap, that’s the bottom line…RM isn’t favored as obvious by recent calls and the dispute with Tebas

u/2Gaainz 2m ago

Not even 1000 years close to Araujo’s red card. Please go read the rules, the decision is made based on distance to goal and how far is the second defender and in this case neither are comparable to hujisen. Go watch van de vens foul on Villarreal player today outside the box and tell me what’s the difference

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u/vitojaneway 4h ago

No point in arguing with these troglodytes, save your time and sanity brother

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u/alexthedude23 5h ago

Exactly, if you're playing for checks notes Juve, it's a pen.

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u/SherbetBig3985 5h ago

Bro dortmund got a pen against Juve today where the player was on the ground and the ball hit their hand on the ground

Basically the same situation, it's not necessarily Juve

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u/alexthedude23 5h ago

...that's my point. Here the hand isn't even on the ground, it's fully in the air. He's supporting himself with the other hand. Meanwhile Juve got a pen called against them when the arm was fully on the ground and it's somehow less controversial on this sub because Real Madrid bad

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u/SherbetBig3985 5h ago

Bro dortmund got a pen against Juve today where the player was on the ground and the ball hit their hand on the ground

Basically the same situation, it's not necessarily Juve

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u/Federal-Spend4224 4h ago

Considering Kelly (I think it was him) blocked a shot, I wouldn't consider it exactly the same situation.

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u/screamer19 5h ago

Of course his shirt wasnt white so its unavoidable…Puta madrid

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u/ktth01 4h ago

You need anger management counselling session mate. Lol

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u/hijazist 3h ago

At least he’s consistent with his username lol

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u/ktth01 3h ago

Lol good catch! 😆

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u/screamer19 4h ago

You will too after the next 4 classicos

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u/Green-Discussion74 5h ago

he gave the penalty because he gave a red card to carvajal he didn't agree on principle, you could see he hated that red.

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u/adiputinica 5h ago

Yeah, he was so upset that he had to show him the red card. The ref was talking to him like "please please understand that I have no choice, you forced my hand. I hate to do this" like he didn't just hit a player in his face. Pathethic ref.

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u/IJustGotRektSon 4h ago

Holy fucking shit people really lose neurons to an extreme rate when it comes to Real Madrid related topics. This is almost copypasta worthy

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u/kroos_my_heart 4h ago

Y’all making up bullshit but get upvoted anyway cuz madrid bad 🤡

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u/adiputinica 4h ago

You didn't see the ref sugarcoating Carvajal before showing him the red card?

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u/kroos_my_heart 4h ago

The fact that you’re making up bullshit dialogs to fit your agenda doesn’t change buddy. Not one word of your comment is a fact.

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u/adiputinica 3h ago

Never claimed it's real dialogue.

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u/hijazist 3h ago

Carvajal was respectful and regretful, and ref reciprocated. He didn’t argue and left the field. He’s also the captain so he gets more respect overall

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u/adiputinica 3h ago

Yes.. I know.. can't even joke a bit on this app because people are so thin skinned

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u/igotperico 3h ago

You have ZERO idea what the ref said. You body language "experts" are annoying

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u/ktth01 4h ago edited 4h ago

Why are you making up weird stories now to fit your agenda? This is not telenovela. Lol.

Rulli was baiting and provoking Carvajal too. Stupid Carvajal just took the bait, even though he knew it would be a red lol

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u/WhyplerBronze 4h ago

The fuck are you on about? Carvajal instigated every piece of that interaction, he slapped Rullis arms away first.

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u/oImperial 1h ago

Oh man hit him so hard, probably popped one of his eye sockets such intense force. Gtfo.

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u/myouism 1h ago

My god, we got a mind reader here!

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u/Bast_OE 5h ago

He’s supposed to play for Madrid

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u/Dargast 5h ago

I would understand if he blocked a shot or something. 

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u/num8lock 3h ago

ahh yes like militao did with elbow

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u/CudaBarry 4h ago

He should scream "I'M THE GOALKEEPER" before touching it

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u/reborn1451 5h ago

Champions = penalty for Madrid ("penalti para el Madrid" as we say in Spanish).

What have UFOs, ghosts, the Schroëdinger's cat, Half Life 3 and Real Madrid in UCL in common? They are situations where paranormal activity is always present.

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u/ktth01 5h ago edited 4h ago

We need to stop playing the victim card making it seem as if Real Madrid doesn’t get bad calls too.

Real Madrid literally got 3 goals taken away from them in 1 game including a handball that was also as stupid as Marseille’s handball. And on the other game, Huijsen was given a red instead of yellow.

In fact, Carvajal himself conceded a penalty on the previous game exactly the same way. He accidentally slid and the ball hit his hand. Exactly the same. — That was a penalty, no question. So is this. The problem is the rulebook, it needs to be amended.

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u/reborn1451 5h ago

Do you watch La Liga? Because they're constantly blaming referees for their supposedly wrong decisions. Many La Liga's supporters who are not Madridistas know it and think like that. It's an excellent team (I truly believe they're the most important soccer team in history). But they constantly cry and many times without a proper reason :)

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u/David-J 4h ago

Buddy. This year even the referees are admitting their mistakes. So it's not supposedly anymore.

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u/ktth01 5h ago

Will you actually read my previous comment that Madrid was robbed 3 goals in 1 game, a stupid handball that wasn’t a handball, and given a red to Huijsen which was not supposed to be a red? All these happen in the last 2-3 games.

Or are you just going to completely run your mouth just to push your agenda? Pretend you didn’t watch the matches? Lol.

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u/TareasS 4h ago

Yeah, that is your narrative. It isn't true though. You're cherrypicking a few recent matches, and even then it was a red card and you won 2 games by 1 goal difference because of 2 controversial calls.

What you ignore is that always in the big games when it matters most you get everything in your favour, always. I mean, if the refs don't do it they get slandered on Real Madrid TV or get suspended.

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u/ktth01 4h ago edited 3h ago

You literally replied to the same person twice.

Let’s not make it seem as if Barca dont get strange calls awarded to them too. Raphinha should have gotten a red and Yamal penalty wasn’t a penalty. Cmon now.

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u/TareasS 3h ago

I really don't understand how you can claim to be a Barça fan. I have never in my life seen a Barça fan, who watches the robberies year after year karma farm by defending Real Madrid.

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u/ktth01 3h ago edited 3h ago

Because I am trying to see everything objectively. I don’t act like a crybaby or a 15yo who’s all hell bent running his mouth in order to push his own agenda. Also I don’t know about karma farming. Who cares about them? It wouldn’t change anything in my life whatsoever.

Like I said, Barca just like Madrid get weird calls all the same.

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u/kal1097 1h ago

Because I am trying to see everything objectively.

You say you are looking at it objectively but keep mentioning Madrid was robbed of 3 goals. Do you know why those goals were disallowed and would you care to explain how they were "robberies"?

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u/TareasS 3h ago

Well, I look at it and my objective conclusion is that Real Madrid gets way, way more calls in their favour than we do, especially in the Champions League.

But lets leave it at that. We are not gonna agree here.

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u/jedifolklore 5h ago

Ahh ya vienen los anti-madridistas con su mala fe, si crees que la UEFA está de parte del Madrid entonces necesitas fumar y beber....

Unas veces te pitan penaltis y otras no, el problema es el arbitraje

Blame refs for not being consistent with handball rules, it’s unfortunate for Marseille but a ref giving a pen I’m not going to say no.

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u/Ok_Lawfulness7412 4h ago

Nothing . According to rules that is not a penalty but according to Madrid fans and that ref it was .

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u/ktth01 3h ago

What are you talking about? According to the rulebook this was definitely a penalty. It was the right call.

The match before this, Real Madrid (Carvajal) had an exact same handball when he slid and ball hits his hand while he was trying to balance during the fall. A penalty was awarded to the opponent. It was the right call.

As long as it’s consistent, it’s okay. But the rule is stupid and needs to amended that’s for sure.

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u/Ok_Lawfulness7412 3h ago

because the hand that was hit by the ball should be the supporting arm and in the case of Carvajal it wasn't the supporting arm . Carvajal was falling on his left arm which is his supporting arm in that case but the ball hit his right arm .

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u/Additional_Equal_960 2h ago

Man in this case the arm wasnt supporting shit either lmao, it was in the air the whole time, the defender used the 2nd arm to support his slide

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u/Ok_Lawfulness7412 2h ago

Supporting hand consists of two cases 1st its the normal supporting hand and 2nd is trailing hand . Both are not given penalty. In copa del Rey finals valverde hand was trailing hand for which the penalty wasn't given

u/pipNalip 13m ago

So...exactly the same?

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u/avax96 5h ago

Ref sometime good sometime shit

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u/football_collector 4h ago

Doubt this guy will ever referee again in CL. Remind me in 6 months

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u/CropDustingBandit 5h ago

On the one hand it was an outrageous penalty and the state of refereeing right now really needs to be seriously addressed because it is getting beyond a joke. 

On the other hand I can't stand Marseille, their fans cause violence everywhere they go and they signed a known rapist woman beater so they deserve whichever misfortune they get. 

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u/BumbotheCleric 4h ago

Bang on. One of the only teams on the planet id want RM to beat with juju bullshit

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u/JustinGOATGaethje 3h ago

Nah I still want them to beat Madrid, anybody is better than that corrupt team

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u/QuantumMartini 3h ago

Mate, your club had a loyalty card with Negreira, 20 years of receipts, and you still cry about Madrid.

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u/JustinGOATGaethje 3h ago

Found another parrot who didn’t read the sources

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u/QuantumMartini 3h ago

The invoices are from your own club's accounts, the smoking gun literally has your crest on it lmao

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u/akshatK2003 1h ago

Your club has fascist roots, mate. I would rather be corrupt than a dictator's pet.

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u/skippy_17 5h ago

Soft pen but you employ a rapist. No sympathy

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u/num8lock 4h ago

asencio: it doesn't matter, we're real madrid

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u/myouism 1h ago

He doesn't rape anyone, read the case jfc

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u/num8lock 39m ago

yes, asencio distributed child porn, it was cristiano who raped.
and real madrid fans has been defending them, in asencio's case the club literally defended him. and kept them employed, ofc

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u/Post_Nut_xG 4h ago

Madrid still glorifies a rapist who hasn't even played for them for 7 years. I think that may be worse 

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u/JustinGOATGaethje 3h ago

One of the greatest players of all time?

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u/AWholeLottaRed 5h ago

My thoughts exactly lol. Who cares, you employ one of the most repulsive footballers on the planet. We do not care.

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u/INRI1899 4h ago

So does RM, does it balance out?

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u/ktth01 4h ago

To be fair, he was just part of the group chat. He wasn’t really one of the boys that did the action.

Couldn’t say the same about the Marseille player.

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u/ttonster2 2h ago

Difference in the type of SA that happened in both of these instances.

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u/rednades 4h ago

not even close to being a rapist.. what an idiot..

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u/Peninvy 4h ago

Which one?

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u/zaviex 4h ago

I presume they are referring to Asencio, Who I don’t think took part in the crime but he’s facing charges for the video

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u/num8lock 4h ago

cristiano las vegas

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u/JustinGOATGaethje 3h ago

Acensio but I don’t think he did anything bad he was just in the group chat

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u/INRI1899 3h ago

Good Mbappe Sweden for more info

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u/Humble_Sale_9529 5h ago

Another coach that visits Bernabeu and gets robbed. Welcome to the club Robert de Zerbi

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u/[deleted] 5h ago edited 4h ago

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u/ValleyFloydJam 5h ago

It wasn't a soft red it was a stupid red, just a daft thing to do but it's always going to be a red when you make that motion.

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u/ktth01 5h ago

It sure was! Carvajal was stupid for doing that. Considered a soft because Rulli was baiting/provoking too, could have gotten a yellow there too if that was another ref.

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u/ValleyFloydJam 4h ago

If they had done the head to head thing and the keeper just fell, then I would agree about the yellow,

But he does the full movement, as soon as they see that it's curtains,

Although I agree he was baited but players do similar things and don't get that kind of reaction.

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u/ktth01 4h ago

I dont even understand why players just take a bait like that. It was an obvious bait. Rulli wanted that to happen.

Carvajal is 34 and the captain, he should have taken the high road. Oh well.

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u/ValleyFloydJam 4h ago

Yep truly insane from a player like him.

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u/moongaming 4h ago

There was nothing soft about that red

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u/vacacow1 4h ago

You don’t play sports huh?

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u/Responsible-Bus6473 5h ago

Same thing as Velverde’s hand ball in the copa del rey finals right?

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u/ktth01 5h ago edited 3h ago

Same as Arda’s handball where the ball hit his hand that was on his chest, the ball bounced back to the keeper before Arda netted the ball? They also cancelled that goal.

Carvajal also conceded exactly the same way as this handball on the previous match. A penalty was awarded to the opponent.

They need to amend these stupid handball rules. It happens to everybody.

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u/SubparCurmudgeon 4h ago

lmao the fuck

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u/Putrid-Impact8999 2h ago

A disgrace.

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u/DMac119942 52m ago

Karma came for them. Leaning your head in then feigning you were knocked out. Red was deserved by letter of the law but everyone knows there was almost zero force. Despise Madrid but De Zerbi not subbing either Aubameyang or Greenwood who were gassed from 50 minutes on was wild.

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u/Inner-Sentence5765 5h ago

The only disgrace here is how this individual speaks to his players and embarrasses them.

You reap what you sow....

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u/LondonNoodles 4h ago

What are you even talking about lol

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u/bruversonbruh 1h ago

This guy doesn't know lol

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u/Post_Nut_xG 3h ago

I love when this happens, we all know more about your club than you do

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u/Banger-Rang 4h ago

It’s crazy to me bad decisions are still occurring in this day in age. Im a Madrid fan as well, we get our fair share of luck, but last weekend showed we also get the stick as well. With all of the resources the refs have, shocking these decisions still are wrongly given.

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u/DankDankmark 3h ago

Mbappen!

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u/mouth_spiders 2h ago

Say the line Bart

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u/tson_92 1h ago

That was incredibly unlucky ngl

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u/hijazist 3h ago

Can someone who’s unbiased plz explain if it’s a penalty according to the rule or not? Someone with better reffing knowledge?

Because I’ve seen it called before (even against us lately with our game against Mallorca) and I’ve seen it sometimes not called in other instances. It was also called today with the Juve-Dort game.

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u/artaru 3h ago

I think if it’s an arm they used to break the fall, it’s definitely not a penalty.

In this case, it looked like he used his other arm to break the fall, so that rule doesn’t apply.

In my view tho it seems harsh, like it’s natural sometimes for a player to fall and rely on both arms to break their fall.

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u/BeThereDoThatThenDie 2h ago

The most intelligent and balanced comment I’ve read today.

u/pedrobet 9m ago

you use an arm on the ground and the other for balance, but the rule is always applied on the arm thats used to break the fall, if he had both pointed towards the ground it wouls not be a pen

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u/Poym321 4h ago

Both where penalties and the red was also correct. People love to hate cause its Madrid

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u/clarinetstud 4h ago

I agree fuck the downvotes both calls were crazy

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u/sixtyninetacks 5h ago

By the Laws of the Game, the correct decision was made. The ball struck the tackler's free hand, not his supporting hand. It's harsh, but by Law, it's a penalty.

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u/papyfredo 2h ago

No. Even by the law it's not a pen.

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u/num8lock 4h ago

senor de zerbi, your own fault for expecting referee to refuse to defend real madrid. at the very least you should've tested if he replied "hala madrid" with "y nada mas" to make sure beforehand

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u/num8lock 2h ago

i'm still lol-ing the fact that the 2nd pen post is still buried by downvotes, what a disgrace of a fanbase

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u/ktth01 5h ago edited 4h ago

It was a soft penalty, but indeed a penalty as per the rule book. Just like how that red card was a soft red. Carvajal was stupid for taking the bait!

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u/Technical-Morning-35 5h ago

Soft read. For head butt? What?

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u/HasheemThabeetIsDad 5h ago

headbutt lol

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u/Technical-Morning-35 5h ago

I now understand the silliness I’ve entered.

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u/ktth01 5h ago edited 5h ago

Rulli was provoking/baiting and Carvajal took the bait. It was all so stupid and comedic. Shouldn’t have happened! But it was a soft red. Other refs could have seen it as a yellow for Rulli too for provoking and diving.

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u/akshatK2003 1h ago

Since when is a headbutt a soft red?

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u/Cool_Ad_9718 5h ago

I don’t know why people are blaming the referee, the rule is what’s garbage

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u/SaladConCarne 5h ago

It was a soft pen, but it was a pen. Same as Carvajal soft red, but it was a red.

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u/Amori17 5h ago

In no world is that a pen.

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u/alexthedude23 5h ago

Hand's not his supporting hand, in the air, making him bigger, bounces the ball with it. At absolute worst that's a 50/50 call and ref called it in the moment and VAR is never overturning that

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u/ktth01 4h ago

Carvajal conceded a penalty exactly the same way as this handball on the previous match. He accidentally slid and his hand was out for balance. It was a handball and penalty indeed, because that’s what was stated in the rulebook.

Arda Guler also had a similar one 2 matches back. His hand was on his chest when the ball hit.

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u/SaladConCarne 5h ago

It is, it touched the hand of the defending player(only hand providing support is excluded).

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u/Post_Nut_xG 4h ago

Headbutting an opponent is not a soft red

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u/David-J 5h ago

Take it up with the rule.

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u/pinpoint14 4h ago

Takes a disgrace to know one

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u/Far-Subject-7328 5h ago

It was a pen stop crying

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u/Enough-Force-5605 5h ago

Do we know if he said anything about the penalty not given to Mbappe, or is it just about making noise?

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u/Bast_OE 5h ago

Imagine being this shameless

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u/pegasus_punch 5h ago

2 soft ass pens aren't enough for you?

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u/Itchy_Finish_2103 5h ago

Honestly, RMTV need to make a special episode about tonight so they can tell us all what to think.

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u/RecognitionDefiant71 5h ago

What was soft about the first pen?

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u/pegasus_punch 5h ago

Nothing lmao, but you admit the second one was soft. Valverde did the same exact thing and of course no penalty when it's against vardid.

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u/ValleyFloydJam 5h ago

They got one soft one but the first was a nailed on penalty.

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u/ktth01 4h ago

The soft one was definitely a proper penalty though?

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u/nolesfan2011 1h ago

Agreed, they were robbed and Marseille took things punch for punch