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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/10/2025

Matthew J Plodinec of Gainesville, VA United States asks...

All the answers seem to assume that play had
Transgressed for a period of time and the crew is unable to conclusively determine whether the sent off player was involved. What if they can determine he was not involved? Does the definition of invo...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/3/2025

AEK Fan Club Of NY of ASTORIA, NY USA asks...

Is this a penalty?

https://youtu.be/JSB_laTbqOY?feature=shared&t=238...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/3/2025

AEK Fan Club Of NY of ASTORIA, NY USA asks...

Did the defender deliberately hit the offensive player, and was it a red card and penalty? https://youtu.be/FVIE4ryJFXU?feature=shared&t=114...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/3/2025

AEK Fan Club Of NY of ASTORIA, NY USA asks...

Hello

Once again, question for your thoughts. Did the keeper commit a penalty or not? https://youtu.be/PiqeqTadMCo?feature=shared&t=29...

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Law 3 - The Players 1/27/2025

Brian Murphy of Stafford, VA USA asks...

A team is given a RED Card, but the team does not play a man down, and then scores a PK. Can the Ref take away the goal once he/she realizes the team that got the Red card and just scored did not go down a man?...

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Mechanics 1/27/2025

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

Hello

One mechanics question please.

Can the assistant referee intervene of his own free will if a player has the ball in the wrong place at the restart? (The rules state that he has this duty for corner kicks). Or more generall...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/27/2025

Damianos of Athens, Attiki Greece asks...

I have a more general question regarding how untouchable is a Goalkeeper.

The last couple of matches in the greek league, there were incidents that to me are confusing. Weirdly the same goalkeeper is involved.

The fisrt case, th...

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Law 11 - Offside 1/20/2025

Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks...

Hi, this was the situation in our league.

A player made a through pass. A teammate ran after the pass. The defender fouled him. The ball was 5 meters away from the player at that moment. Otherwise, the player would have gone to the goal h...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/16/2025

Stewart 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...

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Mechanics 1/12/2025

Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks...

Hi, can VAR intervene if a foul occurs during a restart before the ball is in play (such as a corner or free kick) and this foul has an impact on a goal being scored? Or is this completely ruled out because the ball was not in play? It seems to me th...

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