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Law 11 - Offside 6/15/2018

Phil of Tarzana, CA United States asks...

In the 6/15/18 World Cup Portugal v. Spain, why did the referee not let Diego Costa remain offside during a free kick (at about 53:41 on the clock)? I understand that if he participated in active play before offside reset, Portugal would get an INF...

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Law 11 - Offside 6/15/2018

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

Hello,

I have one video from match Portugal-Spain. It is free kick before Costa's second goal.

Video (2nd half, in time 10:10):

http://footballfullmatch.com/world-cup/portugal-vs-spain-15-06-2018/

Why did the refer...

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Law 15 - The Throw In 6/13/2018

Hassan Firaz of Male, Maldives asks...

How many seconds a player can take for throwing? Some players take several times. What can referee do if he feels that's too much time? thank u
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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/13/2018

jim of London, England asks...

If two players from the same team collide, what is the outcome, would the outcome be different if they both just slipped and hit each other or one purposely went in for a dangerous tackle? thank you...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/12/2018

Salvador Flores of Indianapolis , IN Usa asks...

I am sorry i just forgot to add the INDFK at the end. I know it would be an INDFK for the keeper in that situation. But even if the ref called indirect free kick for the keeper, could he still get a caution or sent off for kicking the player who kick...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/11/2018

Salvador Flores of Indianapolis, IN Usa asks...

If a keeper has the ball in his hands and he is about to kick the ball, but right next is an opponent and he clearly interferes with the goalkeeper by kicking the ball and the keeper from the momentum of kicking the ball, kicks the opponent from the ...

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Law 4 - The Players Equipment 6/11/2018

colin abel of georgetown, guyana asks...

what decision should be taken if an attacker loses his boot while shooting towards the goal which results in another player scoring a goal?? NB: both the boot and the ball went in the same direction however the boot did not hit the keeper....

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Mechanics 6/11/2018

Ollie Glixman of Sydney, New South Wales Australia asks...

The other week I was refereeing an all age mens div 3 game where the players were aged '18-35. The game was going smoothly as normal until one player threw an unsolicited assault like punch into the opposition's jaw. This caused both sides to crowd a...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/10/2018

Adam Barbary of Creswick, Vic Australia asks...

In a recent State championship a striker took a shot on goal only to have a defender, not the keeper,use two hands, in the goal square, in a deliberate attempt to push the ball over the net. Whilst contact was made the lift was not sufficient and the...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 6/10/2018

Nilesh Lal of Suva, Fiji Fiji asks...

Is it true that goalkeepers are protected in the 6 yard box? The play unfolded as follows. A cross was made into the goal area by the attacking team by player A. Player B of the attacking team went in to head in the ball, the goalkeeper came out to c...

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