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Question Number: 23913

Kicks From The Penalty mark 9/12/2010

RE: Adult

malvachat of oxford, oxford united kingdom asks...

When taking a penalty kick
in a shootout.The keeper saves
the shot pushing it out back
towards the kicker.The ball has a spin on it and spins back into the goal does it count as a goal.
As seen here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNC-gvoZEFM&feature=player_embedded

Answer provided by Referee Joe McHugh

Hi
This is indeed a goal. The referee decides when a penalty kick has been completed. In this case the momentum from the original kick brings the ball over the line and the save by the goalkeeper only partially stopped the ball. Indeed the GK does not even know where the ball has gone as he thinks he has saved it. He should have been alert and stopped the spin on the ball.



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Answer provided by Referee Dennis Wickham

Yes. The referee correctly decided that the kick had not been completed while the ball still was moving.



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