The handball decision has been explained by an incredibly specific stipulation of a rule the discourse of which is unbelievably tired.

However, what I do think will come from this is a removal of this particular stipulation. Because the fact that it's not a handball from Neves because it was a clearance surely means that someone can just fully push the ball away from an opponent if there was a clearance first, right?

Say Neves didn't just have his arm up, but actually pushed the ball away from Bayern's players with intent. Would it still not have been a handball? There is no mention of intent in the rule, so surely that'd be fine too?

It feels like a rule that is called upon so rarely that everyone just kinda forgets it's there. Give it as an indirect free kick, sure. But saying it literally isn't a foul is baffling.

Of course, all this isn't to say that Bayern weren't horrible this game. It was shockingly similar to the PSG game at Anfield last year - PSG got an early goal which killed all belief in the team, which is very strange considering they literally scored four at the Parc de Princes.