Question Number: 17980

Law 5 - The Referee 11/22/2007

RE: Adult

Kyle of Fram, MA U.S.A. asks...

A player running with the ball is tripped
by an opponent but regains his balance and continues with his run. The referee having seen the trip, decides to play the advantage and signals accordingly.
A couple of seconds later the advantage has not accrued as you anticipated. What
should the referee do?

-Allow play to continue as you have played the advantage? or
-Stop play and award a free kick for the original offence?

Answer provided by Referee Gary Voshol

Stop play and award a free kick for the original offense, at the site of the original offense.

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Answer provided by Referee Chuck Fleischer

Advantage not realized and the infraction being whistled has been with The Game since 1997. This is allowing the referee to have his cake and eat it too. He can play advantage for two to three seconds and if the advantage he saw is not realized by that time he can return to the original offence at its original location and give the free kick.

Regards,

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Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

If the advantage does not occur within a few seconds, you blow the whistle and go back and punish the original foul.

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Answer provided by Referee Ben Mueller

The referee has 2-3 seconds to call the foul if the advantage does not pursue. In this case, it sounds like the foul could be called.

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