OM: referee body backs Turpin on Nnadi and Maupay handball calls
After the 4-3 win over Le Havre, the French referee body says Clément Turpin made no manifest error in two late hand claims.
On Sunday, Olympique de Marseille beat Le Havre 4-3 after the visitors had cut a 4-0 deficit to 4-3 in under 15 minutes. In added time, referee Clément Turpin had to review two handball claims in the Marseille box, and the referee body has now published its analysis, according to RMC Sport.
On Tochukwu Nnadi (90+5), the body says the ball hit the defender's chest and the images cannot confirm contact with his arm, so keeping the no-penalty decision is not a manifest error. On the play involving Neal Maupay, the ball bounced off his hand with no clear movement to touch it, so it is not punishable under the Laws of the Game.
Le Havre coach Didier Digard disagrees: he insists Maupay handled the ball and that it slowed the play.
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