Yes and the thing that f**ks me off about that was that handball ultimately won Uruguay the match even though he was caught doing it and was sent off and Ghana awarded a penalty. I saw a similar incident earlier in the WC where Harry Kewell handballed on the goal line, and he was sent off and Australia conceded a penalty. It occurred to me that because the ball was very clearly going into the goal, and Harry Kewell's arm was the only thing stopping it, if the bloke missed the penalty then the team would not have the goal that should have been their's by rights. This basically encourages players on their own goal line to stop balls that are clearly heading into the goal to stop it with their hands, as they can gamble that the attacking team might miss the penalty. Put simply, it doesn't matter if the Ghana players fluffed their penalties. When Suarez was caught handling the ball, Ghana should have been awarded the goal and they should have gone through.
Of course, when you make judgements like this, you have to consider the wider implications e.g. while the 2 scenarios mentioned are blindingly obvious, there might be cases where you would need hawkeye technology to work out where the ball would have ended up if not for the handball.
So anyway, I now hope the Oranje hammer Uruguay and show them up as useless without their cheating striker.
Of course, when you make judgements like this, you have to consider the wider implications e.g. while the 2 scenarios mentioned are blindingly obvious, there might be cases where you would need hawkeye technology to work out where the ball would have ended up if not for the handball.
So anyway, I now hope the Oranje hammer Uruguay and show them up as useless without their cheating striker.
