Question Number: 23905

Law 13 - Free Kicks 9/11/2010

RE: Amateur Adult

Ron Moss of Perth, Western Australia Australia asks...

This question is a follow up to question 23889

If the free kick is an indirect free kick is the result the same [corner kick] if so when was this instituted.

'A further' question can a goalkeeper throw a goal into his opponents goal or his own.

.2. Amost unlikely event but what is the decision if an attacker takes a corner kick and a freak gust of wind blows it into his own goal, is it a corner kick to his opponents.

Answer provided by Referee Gary Voshol

If a kick is indirect, then a goal cannot be scored no matter which goal is used. If the opponents' goal, they get a goal kick. If your own goal, the opponents get a corner kick.

If the goalkeeper has a mighty arm, or maybe is assisted by a strong backwind, he might be able to throw the ball the length of the field. Since a goalkeeper distributing the ball is not a restart, no special rules apply. That would be a goal.

And as unlikely as the situation may seem, Law 17 says, 'A goal may be scored directly from a corner kick, but only against the opposing team.'

Answer provided by Referee Michelle Maloney

An indirect free kick must touch another player besides the kicker before entering the goal in order to be a goal. If it doesn't, the restart is a goal kick for the other team.

If the keeper can throw the ball into the other goal (assuming this isn't wee little soccer which often has different rules) it is a goal. If he throws it into his own goal, it is also a goal.

A corner kick can score directly, meaning from the kicker into the goal - it is not an indirect free kick.

Answer provided by Referee Joe McHugh

Hi Ron
An indirect free kick is awarded for 'technical' fouls. a team cannot score directly from an IDFK and if the ball enters the goal it is a goal kick to the defending team. If an IDFK is kicked into a team's own goal it is a corner kick
2. Yes if a goalkeeper can throw the ball into the opposing goal the referee allows the goal. Also if he makes a mistake and throws the ball into his own goal the referee awards a goal.
3. A team can only score a goal in its opponents goal directly from a corner kick. In the unlikely event that it enters a team's own goal a corner kick is awarded to the opponents

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