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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct
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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/13/2024

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

More on situation 3. I found IFAB advice that this is allowed. They say the referee can't know if it's intentional. I think it's a bit unfortunate. Imagine if the players start abusing that advice. The team will add one defender in the way and the go...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/10/2024

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

I'm sorry, but I still have three situations. No one gives me such helpful advice as you do. :-)

Situation 1:

Player A5 passes to goalkeeper A1. The ball bounces off teammate A20. Goalkeeper A1 touches the ball with his hand. Of...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/9/2024

Kevin jones of London , United Kingdom asks...

My son is a striker and very often defenders will often deliberately lead with their forearm towards his head and or back of the head.
The referees focus is inevitably with the ball and not where the ball is going and the person running the line...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/9/2024

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

Hello,

one more short question please.

Situation:

The player stops the ball by placing a foot on it.

Is this considered a back pass to the goalkeeper?

Thank you very much!...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/8/2024

Neil cooper of Watford, Herts United kingdom asks...

Ball out of play defender punches attacker in the box what's the result...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 9/6/2024

Charlie of Sheffield, South Yorkshire UK asks...

I was playing 6 a side yesterday and my team had a kick in. To get into some space, I ran off the pitch and behind my teammate who was taking the kick in. I then received the ball from the kick taker. The ref blew up and gave a free kick to the oppos...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/30/2024

Steve Johnson of Prescott Valley, AZ US asks...

I've been refereeing for many years and learned that when a GK handles the ball outside the Penalty Area, this is a handling offense ... the result is a Direct Free Kick.
Recently, an assignor told me that when a goalkeeper was sliding and grabs...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/28/2024

Bob of New york, New York USA asks...

This is a clip of a handball in a youth game. Whether or not this is a penalty, would you give this a SPA yellow card regardless? The defender seems to move his arm deliberately towards the ball, so that removes the new law change about downgrading “...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/20/2024

Peter of Melbourn , Victoria Australia asks...

After the goalkeeper picks up the ball in his penalty box, he attempts to kick the approaching striker although the kick doesn't land on him, and misses.
Based on Law 12:
A direct free kick is awarded if a player commits any of the followin...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/19/2024

Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...

Thank you for the responses.

I look forward to seeing video examples of non-deliberate handling. We all know what cynical or tactical handling looks like.

For all other hand/arm contact, the challenge is now for refs to determ...

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