Mile Jedinak scored his second penalty of the World Cup in Denmark’s match against Australia but rather than the scorer, it was the manner in which the spot-kick was awarded that became the topic of debate.

Yusuf Poulsen was penalised and booked as replays showed that the ball had hit the Danish attacker’s outstretched hand. The ball however, ricocheted off an Australian player’s head and changed course at the last moment hitting Poulsen’s hand. Did he have any chance to avoid the ball hitting his hand? That was the sticking point.

Referee Antonio Mateu then asked for a Video Assistant Referee review and gave the decision to Australia as the Danish players protested.

Interestingly, Australia were at the receiving end of the historic first penalty to be avoided by VAR review in their first match against France, when Antoine Griezmann was adjudged to have been brought down in the box after video replays.

VAR giveth, VAR taketh away, it would seem as Australia finished the game 1-1, earning their first World Cup points in Russia.

The decision against Denmark though, stirred plenty of debate, mostly because handball is the most subjective of footballing decisions and even in the non-VAR days, it was arguably the cause for most heated debates.

Here’s a selection of the reaction to that decision:

Criticism of the decision fell mainly on the fact that while the arm was in an ‘unnatural’ position according to the rules of the game, the interpretation was off due to the replay slowing down the actual pace at which the game was played and subsequently, the deliberateness of Poulsen stretching his hand to meet a ball which had switched paths.

The debate, it would seem, continues.