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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/26/2007

Arabena of ottawa, ontario canada asks...

Thank you for the answer. it helps a lot. Another thing that's been bothering me is when a team mate kicks the the ball to the goalie and the goalie picks it up. i know it's not allowed but i've seen refs do different things to restart. when i was a ...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 7/26/2007

Bob of Southern, NH USA asks...

A related topic came up in a discussion around this topic. Basically the rules say you reduce to equate to equalize the player counts at the end of the game. they also say, as indicated here, once KFTM start you do not reduce for injuries, ejections ...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/26/2007

Rick Fokkens of Port Colborne, Ontario Canada asks...

Is it within the laws (or at least prudent) to use a drop ball when I can not determine what team last touched the ball before it went out of play on the sideline? ie my line of vision was blocked by player(s) or it appears that the ball was simultan...

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Law 6 - Assistant Referee 7/26/2007

Bill of Grand Rapids, MI USA asks...

Thanks for the quick answers. I was the AR on the side the play occurred so I saw that it was just a tap with no movement and no one else touched it. I did politley ask the CR after the match about the call. He told me that the ball only needed to...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/26/2007

Tony of Canberra, Australia asks...

An attacker throws the ball into the defenders penalty area and a defender deliberatley handles the ball and it goes into the back of the net.

Now, do you play the advantage and award a goal or do you give a penalty?

The possi...

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 7/26/2007

Hosam Salem of Alexandria, Alexandria Egypt asks...

Dear Sir,

My question is whether the following scenario is valid in soccer or not?

If a player shot a penalty, hit the post, then come back to the player, without touching any of the opponent players.

Should it be a f...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/25/2007

Joe Multari of Windsor, Ontario Canada asks...

Can a goalkeeper play the ball with his/her feet outside the penalty area, bring it into the penalty area with his/her feet, and then pick it up with his/her hands and proceed to kick the ball....

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Mechanics 7/25/2007

gus of athens, greece asks...

Does a referee has the right to stop the game for a while so the players can drink some water when the weather is very very hot? a stop of one -two minutes? And if he can,where this is mentioned in the rules of games?...

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Mechanics 7/25/2007

tony borges of kingston, ontario canada asks...

Can an AR switch sides at half time? For example: to give him a 'break' from the sun?...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/25/2007

Sandile Mamba of Mbabana, Africa SWAZILAND asks...

What's the ruling if an attacking player (pA) on the opposition's half, shoots at goal but the ball deflects to an opponent & fall kindly to pA's team-mate (pB) who was initially on an offside possition (still between goalkeeper & last defender when ...

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