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Questions & Answers for "" 1 - 10 of Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/16/2025Stewart of Livermore, California United States asks...Say a ball last touched by an attacker roles slowly towards the goalkeeper, with nobody nearby. The goalkeeper bends down and easily stops the ball with their hands inside the penalty area and away from the goal. After a few seconds the keeper then b...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/16/2025Tristan Zhang of Beijing, Beijing China asks...Dear sirs:
I am a little bit confused by a part of Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct which says
'An indirect free kick is awarded if a goalkeeper, inside their penalty area,
commits any of the following offences:
touches the ball ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 12/26/2024Anita 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. ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 12/26/2024Stephen 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 ...
Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 12/23/2024Angus 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 Cern...
Read The Full Q & A Law 5 - The Referee 10/6/2024Neil Fryatt of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk UK asks...Can a referee issue a red card after the game and off the pitch whilst walking back to the changing rooms and not speaking to or notifying the person what the red card is for? The referee was approximately 10yrds from the person concerned and no comm...
Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/6/2024Steve of Stockport, Greater Manchester England asks...At 45:47 Maddison takes 4 seconds to position the ball for a free kick, at 45:54 the referee blows the whistle to take the free kick. 45:56 re-positions the ball, why is this not handball ?...
Read The Full Q & A Law 18 - Common Sense 10/4/2024Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...Hello,
one more special question please. :-)
The goalkeeper has the ball:
A. between the leg and ground
B. between the body and ground
C. between the leg and the body
D. between the legs above the groun...
Read The Full Q & A Law 14 - The Penalty kick 10/4/2024Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...Hello,
I'm annoying again. Two penalty kick questions please.
Question 1:
Part of Law 14:
- 'The defending goalkeeper must remain on the goal line, facing the kicker, between the goalposts, until the ball is kic...
Read The Full Q & A Law 6 - The Other Match Oficials 10/1/2024Tyler of Vancouver, Bc Canada asks...Hello,
The other day while I was reffing I noticed one of my ARs using his hand (the hand free of his flag) to signal towards the goal line. I’ve seen this signal before, but I’ve never seen or heard anything of what it actually means. I c...
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