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Law 5 - The Referee 2/10/2020

Doug Crawford of Moraga, CA US asks...

Hello fellow referees - Many coaches and others talk about only allowing a single shot to be part of the advantage process, and not to allow two bites at the cherry.

If a player is fouled, and the ref tries to see if an advantage develops, t...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/10/2020

Kelly of Richmond, Bc Canada asks...

Our player cleared the ball from our 6yard box, the ball strikes our players hand about 5 yards away. There was no time to react or move. Our players arm was beside the body slightly (1-2inches) from the side of their body. A very "Natural" position...

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High School 2/8/2020

Greg Kall of Hilllsborough, CA USA asks...

Attacker A1 dribbles the ball past midfield and is fouled by a defender, but is given Advantage and immediately plays the ball to attacker A2 in an offsite position. Should the foul recognized, positioned at the point of the infraction with DFK resta...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/7/2020

Dinas of Jonkoping, Sverige asks...

Thank you for your answers.

To add, VAR was present, but the referee was never called to review it....

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/7/2020

Russell of Sydney, Australia asks...

I have a real issue with Ref Groves reply.

He seems to have taken Ref Dawson's signature line - 'His match, his decision, his reputation' !!!

All jokes aside, I only watched up until the incident - and before reading the panels repl...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/6/2020

Alexis Demetriou of Nicosia, Cyprus asks...

Hi is the refs decision not to give a penalty correct?

Penalty in question at 4:22 of youtube link below:

https://youtu.be/tqlwozhS69A...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/6/2020

Jianis Dinas of Jonkoping, Sweden asks...

My question, that it has been alot of discussions about, and I have the perfect clip to show, is if there is a foul if there is contact to the ball first, but also the legs after. And when the ball seems not to be cleared after the first contact.
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Law 18 - Common Sense 2/4/2020

Dan Paolini of Eastampton, New Jersey United States asks...

I have seen people misinterpret this statement in the Outline Summary of Law Changes for Law 14 on page 151 (en):

The goalkeeper must not be touching the goalposts/crossbar/nets; they must not be moving.

as meaning that the goalkee...

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Law 11 - Offside 2/2/2020

Demetrios of Limassol, Cyprus asks...

Hello there, reference video https://youtu.be/3bD8E9Wwo3A concerning the match AEL v APOLLON 2-0 for the Cyprus league dated Feb2, 2020.At 9:25 in your opinion was it a penalty or offside? Was it maybe nothing of the above? Thx a lot/Demetris ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 2/2/2020

Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks...

Hello,

I have question about 'continuation' fouls near the penalty area. According to some opinions, there are two kinds of fouls: single events (trip, strike, kick) and possible continuous events (hold, charge).

How do you decide t...

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