{"id":904332,"date":"2026-05-08T06:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/kompany-slams-ridiculous-handball-decisions-in-both-legs-of-psg-bayern-tie\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T06:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:14:27","slug":"kompany-slams-ridiculous-handball-decisions-in-both-legs-of-psg-bayern-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/kompany-slams-ridiculous-handball-decisions-in-both-legs-of-psg-bayern-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"Kompany slams \u00b4ridiculous\u00b4 handball decisions in both legs of PSG-Bayern tie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmwebhandler.aff-online.com\/C\/35442?sr=155474&#038;anid=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Kompany hit out at what he saw as a pair of \u201cridiculous\u201d handball decisions that went some way to deciding Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Champions League semi-final triumph over Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning European champions will face Arsenal in the final in Budapest later this month, after battling to a 6-5 aggregate triumph over the Bundesliga giants.<\/p>\n<p>After being on the wrong end of a nine-goal thriller in Paris last week, Bayern were frustrated for long periods of Wednesday\u2019s second leg in Bavaria, with Harry Kane\u2019s late equaliser proving redundant after Ousmane Dembele extended PSG\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n<p>But after full-time, Kompany was left to rue handball decisions in both legs, both of which went against Bayern.<\/p>\n<p>At the Parc des Princes, Bayern went 3-2 down on the stroke of half-time when Dembele scored from the penalty spot, after Alphonso Davies was harshly adjudged to have handled just inside his own area.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in the first half of the second leg, Bayern were denied a spot-kick of their own when Vitinha hammered a clearance into the outstretched arm of Joao Neves, with referee Joao Pinheiro and VAR Marco Di Bello not intervening due to the ball being played off Neves by a team-mate. <\/p>\n<p>And to Kompany, the contrast between those two outcomes made no sense.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to TNT Sports, the former centre-back said: \u201cI think we gave everything. It was a game of details, we\u2019ve played five times against PSG now in the last two years \u2013 they\u2019ve won twice, we\u2019ve won twice and this one was a draw. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s been that sort of game every single time. But we also have to look at some of the phases which were decided by the officials across the two games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s never an excuse for everything, but it matters. If you look at both legs, probably too much went against us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think on the handball situations, I get the rules. So, the very first one [on Davies in the first leg], it goes to his body first and it\u2019s from close range, then bounces onto his hand. They said because of the trajectory of the cross, that\u2019s why they gave a penalty. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, the second one [on Neves in the second leg], the hand is high up there, but because it\u2019s from his own team-mate, it\u2019s not a penalty. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when you look at both phases with a bit of common sense, it\u2019s just ridiculous. It doesn\u2019t tell the story of the whole game, but it\u2019s a one-goal game in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re stronger together  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TAnwT79CFt\">pic.twitter.com\/TAnwT79CFt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Bayern (@FCBayernEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBayernEN\/status\/2052148851671244895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kompany also felt aggrieved about another incident in the first half of Wednesday\u2019s match, as Nuno Mendes avoided a second yellow card despite appearing to stop Konrad Laimer\u2019s breakaway down the right flank by handling the ball.<\/p>\n<p>And the Bayern boss felt Pinheiro changed his mind about that incident after realising it would be Mendes\u2019 second booking. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, the second yellow card, today in the first half, I felt he [Pinheiro] was giving it,\u201d Kompany added. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I felt he pulled out because he realised he\u2019d already given him a yellow card and didn\u2019t want to send him off for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 11 goals scored throughout the PSG-Bayern tie were the third-most in any Champions League semi-final, after Liverpool versus Roma in 2018 and Barcelona versus Inter last season (both 13).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/kompany-slams-ridiculous-handball-decisions-in-both-legs-of-psg-bayern-tie\/399635\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Vincent Kompany hit out at what he saw as a pair of \u201cridiculous\u201d handball decisions that went some way to deciding Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Champions League semi-final triumph over Bayern Munich. 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