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Handball rule change after Fulham vs Tottenham controversy
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) – the authority answerable for figuring out the legal guidelines of the sport – have voted to replace the handball rule.
IFAB confirmed that the rule now dictates that an unintentional handball that results in a team-mate scoring a aim or having a goal-scoring alternative will not be thought-about an offence after the annual normal assembly on Friday afternoon.
The resolution comes simply sooner or later after the controversial resolution to rule out Josh Maja’s strike for Fulham in opposition to Tottenham at Craven Cottage attributable to a perceived handball by Mario Lemina within the build-up.
In an official assertion on their web site, IFAB confirmed that handballs will now solely be given beneath sure circumstances, with the rule change more likely to be launched in England from July 1.
The large display screen contained in the stadium reveals {that a} VAR evaluate has determined to disallow a aim scored by Josh Maja of Fulham (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth – Pool/Getty Images)
This consists of when a participant “intentionally touches the ball with their hand/arm, for instance transferring the hand/arm in direction of the ball” or when a participant “touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their physique unnaturally greater.”
The assertion went on so as to add: “A participant is taken into account to have made their physique unnaturally greater when the place of their hand/arm is just not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the participant’s physique motion for that particular scenario.”
The newest replace will likely be of no use to Fulham although, who ended up dropping the match 1-0 attributable to a primary half personal aim from Tosin Adarabioyo.
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Dele Alli ‘switched on’ when January transfer window closed
Hugo Lloris has admitted that Dele Alli “switched on” when the January transfer window closed.
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The 24-year-old Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has struggled for minutes beneath Jose Mourinho this season with Thursday night time’s win at Fulham solely his second begin within the Premier League in 2020/21.
He was linked with a transfer to PSG and a reunion with former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino within the French capital, however this did not materialise within the January transfer window.
Once the window closed, Mourinho and Alli held constructive talks and the participant has received minutes in each recreation since he returned from a tendon injury, culminating within the begin at Craven Cottage.
“Well, I do not need to discuss January. It’s his private scenario and I do not need to speak on behalf of the membership, I’m not the correct particular person to do it,” mentioned Lloris.
“As a teammate, he is at all times been skilled, he put his disappointment on the facet and from day one within the second a part of the season, after the transfer market closed, he switched on and he began to step-by-step enhance his health and get as a lot confidence as he can.
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“Now he is coming again and that is good for the group and clearly one of the best for the season is forward of us.”
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Tottenham absentees nearing return
Next up for Spurs is one other conflict with a London membership as Crystal Palace go to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.
And Mourinho has been requested whether or not Serge Aurier could be match to face Roy Hodgson’s males in north London.
“Serge I consider sure. He had that injury then he performed the final match till minute 70, 75 when he began feeling his calf once more,” he mentioned.
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“He does not have an injury, he has simply not one of the best emotions after a muscular injury. I consider he’s going to be [ok], I consider, however to be trustworthy I used to be so proud of Matt Doherty’s efficiency [against Fulham].”
But will probably be too quickly for Giovani Lo Celso, who’s again in coaching following his severe hamstring injury.
“For Gio, I do not suppose so, I do not suppose so for Sunday, however, however there may be perhaps a possibility, however I do not suppose so,” he mentioned. “I’ll consider [more likely] for Europa League on Thursday.”
