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Mechanics 7/9/2018

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

In the England-Sweden game, in the 66th minute, there was a Swedish pass down their left sideline. An English player steps in to shield the ball over the end line but the Swedish player blatantly pushes the defender from behind.

It looks li...

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Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 7/9/2018

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

Drop ball to keeper question. At about 90 minutes in the Russia-Croatia game, there was a collision or something that caused the ref to stop play when the Croatia keeper had the ball in his hands.

Once things were settled, the ref simply dro...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/9/2018

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

A few questions from the quarter finals games.

I used my camera to record some replays but they didn't always turn out well. I'll give links where the quality was acceptable.

The first (which didn't record well was from the England-...

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Law 17 - The Corner Kick 7/9/2018

gary durso of nashua, nh usa asks...

If with the corner kick, the ball is not touching the corner arc and kicked anyway, im assuming the restart would be a corner with proper placement......

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Mechanics 7/9/2018

Russell of Sydney, Australia asks...

Derek of Cary, IL USA asks about FIFA fines.

This link will provide some insight on the topic.

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/fifa-s-bizarre-world-cup-fines-come-into-question

As for Referee Mark Gieger and his performance...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/8/2018

Iordan of Adelaide, South Australia Australia asks...

Dear Asktheref,

I refereed a game on the weekend and an incident came up which I'm not sure I dealt with 100% correctly.

In second half stoppage time the game was 2-2. The away team had two goals disallowed for offside earlier in t...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/7/2018

Doug Crawford of Oakland, CA US asks...

I was AR today and our CR told us that a week ago there was a new rule change:
If a player is in an offside position (PIOP), the ball is played by a teammate, but then the ball deflects off a defender (or in any way touches the defender), then of...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 7/7/2018

joseph of westiminster, CA USA asks...

I have seen some penalty footage on Youtube where the goalie had already stopped/blocked the ball then ran away from the goal to celebrate. However, the ball then rolled into the goal. What is the world cup official rule on this? The penalty kick ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/6/2018

PeterBabbage of Hjorring , Denmark asks...

In a recent World Cup match ( I cant recall which one for the moment) a throw in was taken by the attacking side, another ball was about to come onto the field but an assistant stopped it. The attacker ran on and put the ball in the net. The goal was...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/6/2018

Clive Donald of Doncaster, South Yorkshire England asks...

Hi

During a football match at the wkend, I awarded a penelty for handball. Its been bothering me as Law 12 is vague around handballs. The attacking team had the ball out on the wings and crosses it into the box. Its a poor cross and defender...

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