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Question Number: 18329

Kicks From The Penalty mark 2/3/2008

RE: Adult

Name Withheld of Ballina,, Co. Mayo Ireland asks...

In a penalty shoot out: The ball rebounds off the post, hit the keeper and went into the net is this a goal?

Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

Yes. The ball is still alive until all the kinetic energy imparted to it from the kick has dissipated.



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Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

Law 14 is the governing statute here. It states if the ball touches either or both of the goalposts and/or the crossbar and/or the goalkeeper before crossing the goal line a goal is scored. We tend to speak of physics and say the kinetic energy imparted into the ball by the kicker must be expended totally before a goal is impossible.

Regards,



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