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Deliberately is explicitly stated in the law, and correctly interpreted as such by the VAR team last night and Lineker. Red herrings are anti-Argentina misinterpretations, desperately trying to find a subjective basis for it to be a pen. Looks like VAR over time might finally nail the wildly...

All's well that ends well. Lineker put us straight. England still in the WC. Happy days.

Perhaps this is another advantage of VAR, in bringing to an end wrongly awarded handball penalties, with uniformity across refs and governing bodies, with everyone complying with the FIFA law: Good to see this working well in tonight's game.

Captain Knowledgeable, not Idiot! My favourite all time player is Cruyff. He did a similar thing at Barca, giving them their first title in 14 years, when up against anti-Catalan 'powers' led by the dictator Franco.

The Nigerian Christian Walton.

Sounds like Lineker needs to explain it all to us again. You're accurately describing erroneous decisions made by some poor referees. Often playing to the gallery, loving the drama of pointing to the spot. Mike Dean?

I hated his 1986 cheating as much as any Englishman. But I love the football of the elite to have ever played the game, including Maradona. He inspired also-rans Napoli to Serie A titles in 87 and 90, when Serie A was by far and away the greatest league in the world, dominated by brilliant AC...

:thumbsup: Nailed it.

Lin-acre read out the law & he got it right. Not a deliberate use of the arm, as explicitly stated in the law. Drogba's technical contribution was strange - "it should've have been a pen, coz it would've put through Nigeria through".

Good post.

To start with Dunk?

Jenas and his pal have bizarrely given the impression of a dominating Nigeria performance. Under immense pressure, Messi and co turned up.

Love them or hate them, but Argentina have played all the football, with fantastic passing football constantly asking questions. I turned the sound down to blank the noise of the subjective BBC duo, and the unyielding pressure of the Argies was obvious.

Argies pushing everyone up in open play. They'll be picked off on the counter. Higuain's had a shite game.

Ref made right call.

I used to love the strikers jostling with goalies taking drop kicks. Led to the odd fight.

It was said that 3 other football associations did too, about the same thing. But probably not those of Panama and Tunisia.

Nigeria are learning fast, showing Portugeseque expertise at running a 40 minute clock down.

Jenas is living in a parallel universe, relentlessly praising the play and players of Nigeria. So far, Argentina have outclassed them.

A red wouldn't have been harsh, but I'm pleased it remained 11 a side.