VAR Explains Acerbi's Handball Decision
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Video: 2 Inter vs. Barcelona penalty controversial incidents explained

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Francesco Acerbi kicked the ball onto his own arm in the first half of Inter's Champions League semi-final with Barcelona .
The first leg was a 3 -3 thriller and the Nerazzurri went into half -time leading 2 -0 on the night, 5 -3 on aggregate.
VAR agreed with referee Szymon Marciniak that when the ball is deflected onto the hand by another valid’ part of the body, in a natural movement, it is not to be considered a punishable handling offence.
At the other end, Pau Cubarsi gave away a penalty and Hakan Calhanoglu converted from the spot.
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