Wesley Sneijder understands little about the handball of Noussair Mazraoui who initiated a penalty kick on Wednesday evening in the match between Besiktas and Ajax. Halfway through the first half, the right back made a clear handball, as a result of which Irfan Peljto pointed to the spot. Rachid Ghezzal converted the penalty. As a result, Besiktas has a 1-0 lead at half-time.
Mazraoui touched a header from Mehmet Topal with outstretched arm. Referee Peljto was quickly called to the side by the VAR and after viewing the images also ruled that there was a handball. Base customer André Onana got a chance to distinguish himself, but Ghezzal hit the mark in the top right corner “Unprecedented that you go to a ball like that”, Sneijder judges at RTL 7. “He’s just afraid he’ll get it in the face and goes for it with his hands. A clear penalty. Strange that he does it.”
Rafael van der Vaart is recovering Ziggo Sports the comparison with a handball that Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger made against Juventus (4-0) on Wednesday for the opening goal. From a corner by Hakim Ziyech, the ball came through Rüdiger’s hand at the feet of Trevoh Chalobah, who hit the target. Since this season, referees no longer have to whistle if an unconscious handball indirectly results in a goal, making the goal count. “It’s hands-on, but you (Wytse van der Goot, ed.) didn’t think it was hands-on with Antonio Rüdiger yesterday. Then I think it’s weird,” says Van der Vaart.
“For me it is both a handball. One can continue and with Mazroui the problem is that he wants to contact his direct opponent with his hand. That guy (Topal, ed.) wants to head, but he was far away. He grazes the ball or does not touch it at all. Then this is of course not a natural movement,” the analyst said.
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Theo Janssen is anything but pleased with Ajax’s game in the first half. “Ajax plays as if I’m on the PlayStation, and I’m very bad. Ajax also just plays very bad. They started okay: in the first fifteen minutes you had the feeling that they were putting good pressure on Besiktas. Then it was all over.” really just Besiktas,” says the analyst of RTL 7, who is also not positive about Mohamed Daramy’s contribution. Surprisingly, the attacker has a starting spot, but uses his chances impurely. “Everything he does is wild: his finishing, his passing…”
Sneijder shares the criticism of Daramy, who plays ‘not at all’ well. “But he’s a young player, maybe it’s difficult for him on such a big stage. He hasn’t been in the game from minute one. It might also be youthfulness. I can’t name anything he has, like a good action or passing. I would change him now, because it can only get worse. It has been nice. You could taste it. We are now critical of Daramy, but it actually goes wrong with everyone. The automatisms are away.” Daramy has indeed been substituted: Sébastien Haller made his appearance after the break.