Question Number: 28588

Kicks From The Penalty mark 7/10/2014

RE: Adult

david of DUBLIN, ireland asks...

in a penalty shoot-out the keeper saves the penalty but the ball then spins back into the net is it a goal or not goal

Answer provided by Referee Gary Voshol

Yes, that would be a goal. The penalty kick is not over until the momentum imparted by the kick is spent. It has happened several times before. On another of our questions there is a video of it where the goalkeeper blocked the initial shot, and while celebrating he didn't notice the backspin on the ball sent it into the net.

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Answer provided by Referee Dennis Wickham

Goal. The kick isn't over until all of the momentum of the ball has been spent.

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Answer provided by Referee Richard Dawson

Good goal as long as the referee is attentive to the fact that the ball has its initial momentum imparted at the taking of the pk and does not wrongly signal too quickly that the pk is over.
Cheers

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Answer provided by Referee Joe McHugh

Hi David
Regular visitors to the site will know this has been asked many times before. When it happens a goal is awarded.
Here is an example Penalty Kick Morocco 2010
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-4vyrtWd8
The ball clearly crossed the goal line from the momentum imparted from the original kick.

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