Come on guys,I always blame bad reffering but since the ball was moving towards the net,or lets say it was a shot on goal,even if the hand is uninentionaly it is a penalty.
Picture this,a player is on the edge of the area and shots,a defender puts his hand on unintetionaly and hits the ball away,is it a penalty? YES! do we know if the shot was going in? NO! the ball may had hit the post or go inches wide.Shot on goal+handball = penalty! the linesmen could not predict where the ball WOULD HAVE GONE because it was a matter of inches,what counts is that it was a shot on goal stopped by a hand,the rules say this is a penalty.
Abel Xavier probably did not even try to hand the ball but he did stopped it with his hand,right? penalty...
ST.I say its a penalty,I guess I have never playd football,right? get lost...