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Law 15 - The Throw In 12/26/2024Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...Hello
one question about throw-in please.
Law 15:
At the moment of delivering the ball, the thrower must:
- throw the ball with both hands from behind and over the head from the point where it left the field of play
Does this mean that the ball can be released first when it is in the hands above the head?
What if a player releases the ball that is behind his head at that moment? (I admit it seems a bit strange, but it can happen.) Will you intervene or not?
Thank you very much!...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 12/26/2024RE: Adult Anita Pearce of Basildon , UK asks...So at a corner the opponents go behind goal line in the goal therefore technically off the pitch. Why is this allowed yet a player cannot leave the pitch without permission. Injured player has to come back round to side of pitch before coming on. Are there different rules regarding this movement as several teams go behind goal keeper and into goal area behind the line yet goals still stand ? ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 12/26/2024RE: AYSO All-Star Under 11 Stephen Landis of Agoura Hills, CA United States asks...An offensive player is in the offside position and their fellow player kicks them the ball. Should I call offsides if:
1. The ball never reaches the offending player as a defender gets to the ball first and starts to dribble up the field. As a linesman, do I raise my flag to signal to the center referee that offside was noted knowing that the center referee should signal play-on and let play continue or do I not raise my flag at all.
2. The offending player runs back to the ball and receives it in an onside position....
Read The Full Q & A Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 12/23/2024RE: Competitive Adult Peter Babbahe of Hjorring , Denmark asks...The ball hits the referee who is on the goal line from a shot by the attacker. It was clearly going into the goal otherwise. Is this a drop ball or does the ball go to the keeper? ...
Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 12/23/2024RE: Professional Leagues Professional Angus Macdonald of London, London United Kingdom asks...In the recent Scottish League Cup Final the referee John Beaton gave a direct free kick just outside the box against Celtic's defender Liam Scales for holding Rangers forward Cerny's shirt. The holding began just outside the box but continued as Cerny had foot on 18 yard box/penalty area. Scales was also booked. Following the game, which Celtic FC won on penalties after ET there were claims from Rangers FC that a penalty should have been given under Law 12. Even demands for a replay from their CEO Patrick Stewart, though he wasn't in a position to make it so. A few days later on the VAR show, SFA Referee Boss Willie Collum claimed that a penalty should have been given due to the continuation into the penalty area. I'm not so sure though, si...
Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 12/22/2024Crebs Crem of Zagreb, Croatia asks...Hello and merry Christmas,
I have a question regarding the drop ball restart as a result of an reversed decision by VAR.
Last year, there was a match between Chelsea and Brighton. Near the end of the match, the cross by Brighton player hit the face of a Chelsea defender in the Chelsea penalty box. The ball went out of the bounds over the goal line and after that, the referee incorrectly awarded a penalty. Then, the referee watched the incident, reversed the penalty but instead of restarting with a corner kick, he dropped the ball to the Chelsea goalkeeper. After the match, several commentators had told that drop ball was the correct restart.
So, can we say that the moment the referee stopped the play is the...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 12/21/2024Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...I'm not sure about the restart location. Isn't it more like where the player was when the assistant referee raised the flag?
I have a situation for that, I will also put VAR in there :-)
Situation:
A lone player in an offside position runs after a long pass. The assistant referee wants to raise the flag early (POINT A). The raising is delayed due to VAR. The player touches the ball (POINT B) and completes the action. The assistant referee then raises the flag.
The question is, where is the restart? Point A can easily be 30 meters from point B (A is close to halfway, B perhaps at the corner flag).
Thanks!...
Read The Full Q & A Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 12/20/2024RE: Adult Michael Surtees of Edinburgh, UK asks...When taking a free kick or corner the rule s state the ball is in play when kicked by a player and clearly moves. Is there a definition of clearly moves - must it move a distance of may the circumference of the ball or is a “wobble” sufficient?...
Read The Full Q & A High School 12/19/2024RE: Comp High School Peter of Stockton, CA USA asks...Firstly, thanks for being a great resource to get questions answered.
My son, who is also a referee, shared the following clip with me:
https://youtu.be/qvpYQzOIiFE
We have been discussing it back and forth and so want to get an outside opinion. We have opposing view points:
(1) I think a red card would be warranted but would be willing to bring it down to as yellow. IMO the collision was due to both players going for the ball, however, besides going for the ball both players need to lookout for the safety of the opponent. Based just upon the clip, I do not think that the collision was intentional.
(2) My son believes that the referees got it right. Soccer is a physical game, both playe...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 12/17/2024RE: Professional Professional Ross of Bristol, England asks...Say the centre back has the ball at his feet, dribbling in the defensive penalty box. There is no pressure on the ball, he is just simply in possession of the ball, making no attempt to pass or do anything with it except dribble in the box.
Having made no attempt to pass the ball, or have any communication with the goalkeeper, the gk comes and picks the ball up from his feet. With no communication between the players, and no deliberate attempt at trickery or an attempted pass, what would the ruling be? Since the player is in control of the ball but has made no attempt to pass it to the keeper, who has literally just picked it up from his feet, how would this be ruled?
Just had a 30 minute debate post-training, it seems...
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