Ref Smashes Hulk Goal With Handball Call (VIDEO)

Ref Smashes Hulk's Goal
Brazil's forward Hulk celebrates a goal before it was disallowed for a hand ball during the Round of 16 football match between Brazil and Chile at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 28, 2014. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images)
Brazil's forward Hulk celebrates a goal before it was disallowed for a hand ball during the Round of 16 football match between Brazil and Chile at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 28, 2014. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images)

Howard Webb is not afraid to make Hulk angry.

The veteran referee outraged the Brazil striker and stunned the crowd at Estadio Mineiro in Belo Horizonte by making a handball call that negated what initially appeared to be a goal. With Brazil and Chile deadlocked at 1-1 in the second half of the opening game of the knockout stage at the 2014 World Cup, Hulk put the ball into the net in the 55th minute after controlling a long, high through ball into the penalty area. As Brazil and its fans celebrated, Webb waived off the goal and showed Hulk a yellow card for using his right arm as he brought the pass from Marcelo under control before his shot.

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