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Law 11 - Offside 8/12/2020

RE: Adult

Lenval Peart of Georgetown , Guyana asks...

Please explain why a player cannot be offside from a direct goal kick....

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/8/2020

RE: Other

Cameron McGowan of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Quebec Canada asks...

I'm watching Barcelona play Napoli and I am curious as to the reason for the penalty kick that was awarded to Barcelona when Koulibaly tried to clear the ball and struck Messi in the back of the leg. To me, that was not an intentional play on Koulibaly's part and he never even saw Messi coming. Messi jumped in and put his foot directly in the way of Koulibaly‘s leg which was already swinging to clear the ball. Also, I am curious as to why Messi never had to leave the field after receiving treatment for an injury on that play. Koulibaly left the field before the penalty decision was given and Messi was still having treatment. Once VAR and the referee had decided to give a penalty kick, you can see Messi time his boots and he was never asked...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/8/2020

RE: Rec Adult

Russell of Sydney, Australia asks...

oh, the irony!

Back in mid July post on this site - in regard to the latest HB ruling - I wrote ...

'A defender, in a wall within the PA, jumps and moves their arms (clearly deliberately) inside the silhouette of there body where the ball hits the arms. Not offence - due to not making the body bigger.'

I wrote this with the point that the '..moves the arms deliberately' was deliberate in stopping the ball - and so an offence. Yet, because such a movement is 'physically' seen as making the body NOT bigger, there is no handball offence.

The irony now is that seeing the penalty awarded in the recent Juve v Lyon UCL match - where the defender moved their arms inside their body and therefore in theory...

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Law 5 - The Referee 7/31/2020

RE: competitive Under 13

Jeff of Richmond, VA USA asks...

Can a soccer goalkeeper place a water bottle in the goal?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/30/2020

RE: Adult

Billy Allan of London , United Kingdom asks...

Re the ‘pass back’ rule
If a defender passed the ball to another defender and lets say the ball was underhit or got held up somehow, since the ball wasn’t deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper by the letter of the law wouldn’t the goalkeeper be entitled to pick it up

Similarly, if a team mate was running out out with the ball and simply ‘left it’ and didn’t kick it towards the goalkeeper.

Thanks...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/26/2020

RE: Adult

Roy Agyei of Burgess Hill , Sussex Great Britain asks...

In the English Premier League, is the rule where a player is sent off if they commit a foul where the referee deems they made no attempt to play the ball or could not have any chance of playing the ball fairly still in existence? Granit Xhaka was sent off for this playing for Arsenal versus Swansea for a foul on the halfway line a couple of years back and seems to be the only player who was ever punished in this way. I have seen similar challenges or worse since then with only either a verbal warning, a yellow card or a second yellow card awarded since, rather than a straight red. Thank you. ...

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Law 3 - The Players 7/26/2020

RE: Professional

Hussain jan Gramkani of muscat, Oman asks...

a player substitutes while ball is out of play without referees information. referee realizes on next out of play and cautions him. is it necessary to send the player back out of FOP the call him in? ...

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Law 16 - The Goal Kick 7/26/2020

RE: Professional

Hussain jan Gramkani of muscat, Oman asks...

according to new goal kick rule a ball is in play when it clearly moves and doesnt need to leave the penalty area, if a goalkick is kicked and before leaving the Penalty area strong wind brings it back in goalpost? what will be a restart? Corner K or goal K??...

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Law 4 - The Players Equipment 7/26/2020

RE: Professional

Hussain jan Gramkani of muscat, Oman asks...

can the goalkeeper wear same color socks as teamates wearing??
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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/15/2020

RE: Rec Adult

Russell of Sydney, Australia asks...

Handling inconsistency.

In a recent reply to Petr of Prague - regarding handling - Ref McHugh provided a great example to illustrate the challenge we face of determining if a scenario of the ball hitting an arm/hand is deemed a offence or not. see clip foul.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo2ne_IoX5A&t=0m50s

As ref McHugh points out, this really should not have been a penalty as it is clearly unintentional from the defender.

While I will work with the LOTG, I find it inconsistent (in theory) that had this been an attacker and the ball fell to a teammate to shoot on goal - it would be pulled up.

I get it that IFAB dont like the idea of a goal coming from he ball hitting an arm or hand an resulting ...

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