Women’s America gave a coup of authority at home and defeated Tigres 3-1 in the Clausura 2024 First Leg Semifinalwith outstanding performance by Sarah Luebbert who scored a double and put in an assist.
Despite the victory, the fans were not happy with the result due to some arbitration decisions that could have changed the match, especially an alleged hand of Greta Espinoza within the area.
Through a video on social networks, a video has been shared showing the Amazon defender compete for the ball with Sarah Luebbert inside his own area, but failed to clear and the ball ended up hitting his arm.
Despite the clear shot showing the hand, neither the whistler Hector Salvador Solorio nor the members of WAS they decided score a penalty in favor of the Eagles. It should be noted that the hand arrives while on the body of a rival, which prevents her from moving it.
FIFA stipulated in 2017 that a defensive hand would be marked: “when a player deliberately touches the ball with his hand or arm, for example by moving his hand/arm towards the ball. Or it will be an offense when he touches the ball with his hand/arm, when he has enlarged his body in an unnatural way. Or a player is considered to have unnaturally enlarged his body when his hand/arm position is not consistent with or can be justified by the player’s body movement for that specific situation.”.
In the end Las Águilas won and now they will travel to the University Stadium looking to return to a Final for the third consecutive tournament.
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