Controversial Handball in National Championship: Referee's Decision Explained by Piero Maza

2024-04-30 02:04:00

A play that opened the controversy on date No. 10 i National Championship That was the ‘supposed’ hand to Marcelo Diaz ante Huachipatoan action that could change the process of the commitment that ended 4 to 0 in favor of the U.

The piece provided a lot of talk and various devices related to it both teamsin addition to sports commentatorsthey took their time to review the play over and over, but in the end, the main referee of the match, Piero Mazacame out to meet the various positions.

It was in conversation with ESPN Chile that the referee acknowledged that “it’s a game that’s not easy, quite difficult because of the speed of the game. It was a thousandth of a second, but because of the angle I had and the closeness at the time I saw the situation, it doesn’t seem like a a priori.”

“I see the ball being touched Marcelo Diaz and quickly there is a hand. I am left with the feeling of the first sensation, that Díaz Play the ball and the rest is a quick return,” Maza said.

“Clear hand, not punishable”

It was there that he stated that “seeing the play afterwards, and with technical considerations, which is what we always defend (…) I realize that It was a hand, clear, not punishable for technical assessment.”

“Is a very clear hand, So it is generally difficult to explain on technical grounds why we do not sanction. We start from the fact that Díaz is the one who plays the ball, and that provides the main consideration for this. “He is the one who plays the ball, he always has his arm in the same position.”he added.

To clarify the point of “natural” and “unnatural” handPiero Maza revealed that “every play has its context. It does tasty ingredient that every context changes.”

“Every situation has a context. Unnatural is that the players walk with their arms behind them, that’s not part of it mechanics cover for fear of the ball hitting him in the elbow… that’s why we work, we watch videos and situations to improve the analysis“, he slurred.

In the end, he assured that “it doesn’t seem strange to me that it creates debate, there is one very clear handbut for consideration it is not punishable. I was never in doubt that it was not punishable.”