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Originally Posted by carlos3652
On the hand ball, you bet your ass its depending on the ref thats calling the game - some have no leeway - it hits you in the hand in the box and its away from your body regardless if intentional or not - its supposed to be called a penalty - and a yellow - and every ref has his own interpretation - sometimes its completely missed, sometimes its fabricated and sometimes its interpreted that a)he was protecting his body, b) had no time to react and wasnt trying to handball it... it sucks -
but yes, handball, and other fouls are judgement calls that the ref makes in game, with a split second to react, he has to interpret a lot of things before making the call (advantage, yellow/red card, intent, etc)
offsides is mostly the lines duty to get it right - but a player that is not active in the play (that is close to the play) might be charged for offside based on being a distraction... but again, the line judge has less to interpret - its almost black and white for them...
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This is somewhat correct. The referee first has to determine if it was the hand that hit the ball or the ball that hit the hand. If it is ball to hand then there a some other criteria that have to be taken into account to determine if it is a foul or not. Advantage has nothing to do with it being a handball or not.
As far as the yellow card.... Just because it was a hand ball in the penalty area it does not mean you must give a yellow. If it was not a yellow card worthy foul at mid-filed then it is not when in the area either. If anything you are more lenient with yellows in the area because the player/team is already being punished with an almost certain goal from the PK.
Do different referees have different interpretations on "handballs"? Yes, this is part of the game. It is a result of the soccer culture in the US of most people not completely understanding the definition of deliberately handling.
As far as line judges... There are no line judges in soccer. There are Referees and Assistant Referees. (AR's)