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Question Number: 27792

Law 10 - Method of Scoring 9/22/2013

RE: Under 11

john of aliso viejo, ca. us asks...

This question is a follow up to question 23362

Hello
if a ball is kicked and hits the goal post and comes back to the person who kicked it and he kicks it in for a score. is this a score ? It was not a PK it was a person trying to score a goal. The ref.said it was a double touch
Thanks John

Answer provided by Referee Joe McHugh

Hi John
It can only be a double touch infringement if it was from a kicked restart ie free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick or a kick off.
If it was in open play there is absolutely no way this could be a double touch and I would be extremely disappointed that a referee would get that call wrong.





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Answer provided by Referee Keith Contarino

Unless this was at a restart, the goal should have been allowed



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