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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/14/2007

brad l. of seattle, usa asks...

im watchen the f.i.f.a u20 czech republic vs spain game and the czech player kicked the ball down field n' the goalie went outside his box brought it back into to da box with his feet then piked it up in da box

you cant do dis rite?!?!...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/14/2007

Duncan Langley of rutherford, nj us asks...

to put into method..
happens if the goalie receives a pass and saves it then a player runs on by and says something and then the goalie gets pissed and punches him in the face.. i know that would be an automatic red card but would that be a pena...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/14/2007

Bryan of Naperville, IL USA asks...

thanks for the responses [to 15969], and in my case i hit a player while sliding hit the ball and we accidentally clipped eachother while he was jumping over me and i was sliding under him...then another player on their team said "just hit him next t...

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Law 8 - Start and Restart of Play 7/14/2007

edwin of kannapolis, north carolina USA asks...

after a goal
The referee must give the OK to start the game again or the players can start without his Ok...

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Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 7/14/2007

joe of orange, ca USA asks...

If a player has on their own left the field of play without stoppage and is still out of bounds and kicks the ball that is in bounds is the ball not now out of bounds? I cannot find an answer anywhere. Exactly what happened: The offensive player was ...

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Kicks From The Penalty mark 7/14/2007

miles cook of pamp, tx usa asks...

In the Brazil_Uraguay match last night, during the "kicks from the penalty mark", a Brazilian player completely stopped and then restarted his approach to the ball before the kick....Is this against the spirit of the game and is there a way to stop t...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/13/2007

Justin of Kirkland, WA USA asks...

Hey! X is offense.. O is defence
____
|------ ------|
| | | |
| X1|______| |
| X2 |
| O1 O2 |
| |
|________________|

Story: X1 receives th...

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Law 11 - Offside 7/13/2007

Craig Randle of Vancouver B.C., B.C. Canada asks...

Hi guys.. just wondering how you would justify an offside call when the play is moving upfield and the last player on the defence is beaten by a ball that is headed off his own team- another defencman. This happend in the U-20 World cup game between ...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/13/2007

Christian of phoenix, AZ US asks...

this might be a dumb question to ask but..
what's the difference between abadoning a match and forfeiting a match.

like if there's lightning and whatnot is that considered abandoned a match so that means no team wins and the game is r...

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Other 7/13/2007

eric of kumasi, kumasi ghana asks...

PLEASE SIR/MADAM,
I SHOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL AND ALSO MOST APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD TAKE PART OF YOUR PRECIOUS TIME TO GO THROUGH MY LETTER FOR ME.
PLEASE I AM A PLAYER,BUT MY PREFERRED POSITION IS GOALKEEPER,PLEASE I...

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