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Question Number: 15674

Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/2/2007

RE: B Grade Under 12

Guy Bridson of Wellington , New Zealand asks...

My Team was penalised today for a Goal kick.

The Goalie kicked the ball to a defender who was outside the penalty box. This player then passed the ball back to the goalie who picked it up and bunted it forward. Is this legal?

When can a player pass the ball back to the Goalie like this?

Answer provided by Referee Gary Voshol

Your team wasn't penalized for the goal kick. Instead it was because the goalkeeper picked up the ball after it had been deliberately kicked to him by a teammate. Players can always pass the ball to the keeper, he just can't use his hands then.

Here is the relevant section of Law 12:
An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper,
inside his own penalty area, commits any of the following four offences:
? takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his
hands before releasing it from his possession
? touches the ball again with his hands after it has been released
from his possession and has not touched any other player
? touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked
to him by a team-mate
? touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from
a throw-in taken by a team-mate



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Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

A KEEPER cannot handle ball that was kicked deliberatly to him by a teammate. If this happend, referee made the right call.



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Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

Teams are not penalised for goal kicks, goal kicks are a method of restarting play when the ball crosses the goal line having been last been touched by a member of the attacking side and a goal is not scored in accordance with Law 10. Your guys must have done something else to incur sanction. Perhaps the referee saw your player deliberately kick the ball to the goalkeeper. If that's the case your keeper may not use his hands without penalty of an indirect free kick against.

Regards,



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