I agree kitten that we shouldn't tell kids it is OK to cheat, but I do think that a majority of people put into that situation would have done the same, intentionally or by instinct. How many time have you seen a player reach out to grab a ball? Happens all the time, but most of the time the ref calls it.
I do not think what he did is right, I just think that many people would do the same thing in that situation.