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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/15/2017

Russell of Sydney, Australis asks...

The question from Jordan of Sydney does not specify which PA (not sure if done so deliberately), and so some panel responses are confusing.

Ref Dawson said 'If the two players are from the same team a penalty...' " but surely not if the fig...

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Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 8/15/2017

Tom Smith of Tura, QLD Australia asks...

Player on Red team is about to have a shot, another ball enters field and ref calls for a drop ball, A player from blue team is about to kick the ball back to their opposition. I have many questions
1. Can a player from attacking team contest the...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/14/2017

engin ataman of olympia, Washington USA asks...

hello, i follow your website and check it out every now and then. I have a question about a certain soccer situation

https://twitter.com/SariTribunCom_/status/896816493178040320?s=08

referee's decision was yellow here. Debate is... ...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/14/2017

Derek of Cary, IL USA asks...

With the change in the Laws about offside, how is the AR supposed to identify the spot of the offense if it happens in the team's own half?

With the recent change, does this mean that we cannot stop play when it is obvious that an offside at...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/14/2017

Leon Jarvis of Canton, GA USA asks...

Let's say the interpretation is that the ball tap is not considered a clear movement of the ball, no-one moves forward to infringe the kick (no other pre-kick offence) and the second attacker kicks the ball directly into the goal. This would be a go...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/14/2017

Jordon Spiteri of Sydney, NSW Australia asks...

If 2 opponents fight in penalty area and the ball is outside the box. Is it a penalty?...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/14/2017

Jonny Gray of Gibraltar , Gibraltar asks...

Sorry, what about the fact the ball was played into his path by a Liverpool player? Even if he was clearly PIOP the original ball was not meant for him and only inadvertently put in his path via a Liverpool player?...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/13/2017

Jonny Gray of Gibraltar, Gibraltar asks...

Every pundit was saying that Watfords 3rd goal against Liverpool on 12/8/17 was offside but infact the pass was played backwards until hitting a liverpool player. Can you please clarify this decision?...

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Law 11 - Offside 8/13/2017

Steve McDonald of Edinburgh, Scotland asks...

Can a player be given offside if the ball is played laterally or square then knocked forward by an opponent? ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/12/2017

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

I am sorry,

it is very difficult to translate verbatim citations from Czech into English. These languages have a very different logic:-)

Prihoda said something about natural hand position.

I have last question about deliber...

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