New Delhi: On Wednesday night, Aston Villa attempted to continue their strong start to the Champions League season away from home against Club Brugge. However, the game was marred by an odd incident involving Tyrone Mings, who was given a penalty for a purposeful handball in the box. Tyrone Mings gave away a penalty for handling the ball in the box, which was the most unusual way for Aston Villa to let up their first goal in this year’s UEFA Champions League match against Club Brugge.
What happened there?
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In a disaster of mistakes, the defender picked up the ball on his own initiative rather than by accident. The situation was deemed “farcical” by the TNT Sports commentary team. Hans Vanaken, the captain of Brugge, scored the penalty that the hosts earned as a result of his conduct, giving them the lead early in the second half. However, neither an inadvertent arm contact with the ball in midair nor a simple foul were to be believed.
Instead, Emi Martinez, the goalkeeper for Villa, had the ball for a kick. Mings was just a few feet away when Martinez tossed the ball to him while the rest of the defensive line began to push up. However, Mings picked up the ball off the ground and popped it back down for his keeper, seemingly unaware that it had been passed. The referee saw the irregularity right away and signaled a handball before sending it to VAR for review. When Lucy Ward realized the referee had noticed something strange, she said, “Oh, what?” on commentary.
A bizzare moment for Mings
After the game, Alan Hutton remarked that It was really strange, you are scratching your head just looking at it. He further added- “from a defender’s perspective, if that were me, you would immediately take action even if you were not aware that Martinez had kicked you the ball.” “He simply didn’t realize it, so I’m not sure if he was thinking of something else.”
He further said that for him, the ball was in play. he feels bad for Mings because this is his second game back after being gone for a while. one thing that he couldn’t quite understand is why he’s touching the ball, when he should just go ahead and play. Everyone in the studio said, “Oh my god, it’s a penalty,” according to Peter Crouch, who concurred and described it as a “moment of madness.”
“We’ve all made mistakes and been punished for them,” added Crouch.
“It kills the game. If he’s on a second yellow and it’s deliberate, why not send him off?”
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Mings’ Aston Villa team mate Eric Konsa also had some interesting comments to make during the post match interview- “It kills the game. If he’s on a second yellow and it’s deliberate, why not send him off?”
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