Question Number: 23932

Kicks From The Penalty mark 9/14/2010

RE: competitive Adult

Kevin Scott of Sheffield, UK asks...

It's a penalty shootout. The kick is taken, the ball bounces off the keeper back towards the penalty taker and therefore losing its forward momentum. But the ball has a lot of spin on it and bonuces back and rolls into the goal. Is this a goal?

Answer provided by Referee Joe McHugh

Hi Kevin
Yes it is a goal. The referee decides when the kick is completed and in this case the referee waits until the momentum imparted by the kick is over.

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Answer provided by Referee Gary Voshol

It's a goal (err, technically, a point toward determining the winner in Kicks From The Penalty Mark). I'll bet you saw the video of the Moroccan keeper who celebrated his supposed save, only for the ball to roll behind him into the net, didn't you?

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Answer provided by Referee Dennis Wickham

The referee must decide when the kick is completed without regard to 'forward' momentum. As long as the ball is still moving, the referee should wait and see what happens.

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