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You-Call-It 7 Question... Blue team is attacking. Ball gets played forward to teammate in your ARs officiating zone discussed in your pre game. His flag goes up in his left hand, his hand furthest from the goal, and waggles, you signal play on mistakenly believing that he is signaling for a defensive foul, and allow team to attack. Attacking team score and your ARs flag is still up. And you suddenly realize that he is signaling for a foul against the attack. You have awarded the goal. What do you do? Your Match Your Decision Your Reputation!
Our HintDo you have courage to admit a mistake?
Law 10
Law 5
Law 6Our Answer... PLEASE NOTE THE REFEREES ANSWERS MAY NOT REFLECT CHANGES IN THE LAW SINCE THE DATE THIS WAS POSTEDAs a referee you dug yourself a huge hole when you failed to properly acknowledge the AR signal identified by the AR holding the waving flag, in the correct hand, identifying the correct direction of the free kick event.
Communication in the pre-game is an intensive process in elite matches. In talking with FIFA referees they mentioned they spend hours not a few rushed minutes as most park referees do!
Our own Gil Weber has a interesting article on this verytopic http://www.asktheref.com/Soccer/Referee/Articles/35/
It is never a good thing to dig a ball out of the goal and reverse a decision, it would be slightly better if you had not made one but you did in mistakenly allowing play to continue!
LAW 10 ? THE METHOD OF SCORING
Goal Scored
A goal is scored when the whole of the ball passes over the goal
line, between the goalposts and under the crossbar, provided that no
"infringement" of the Laws of the Game has been committed previously by the team scoring the goal.
The AR is indicating there was an infringment, it is NOW up to the referee to agree and award the free kick show cards if required or dismiss the claim by the AR and award the goal and restart kick off!!
Law 6 The Assistant Referee
Duties
subject to the decision of the referee, are to indicate:
when misconduct or any other incident has occurred out of the
view of the referee
when offences have been committed whenever the assistants are
closer to the action than the referee (this includes, in particular
circumstances, offences committed in the penalty area)
Law 5 The Referee
acts on the advice of assistant referees regarding incidents that he
has not seen
Law 5 Decisions of the Referee
The decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play are
final.
The referee may only change a decision on realising that it is incorrect
or, at his discretion, on the advice of an assistant referee, provided that
he has not restarted play or terminated the match.
Law 5 IFAB Decision 3
Facts connected with play shall include whether a goal is scored or not
and the result of the match.
We have several issues to address:
Is {play on!} the same as ADVANTAGE?
If you did wave play on, must you in fact wave off the flag? The AR should drop the flag if you "ACTUALLY" signal advantage but the eye looks, head shakes and a finger pointing in the opposite direction SHOULD get the referee to realize this is a decision he will regret and STOP play right then and there!
A referee should not be awarding a goal until AFTER he looks over to confirm and communicate with the AR! The AR after the goal, remains stationary, gets eye contact and waits to TALK with the referee about the incident! Remember by not going to a kick off position through body language the AR communicates there is an issue with the goal.
Now the referee could still choose to ignore the foul and award the goal if he identifies what the AR saw, he saw different. But ARs are trained NOT to raise a flag unless they are sure! They are referees as well and to discount their input is not something to be considered lightly.
If the AR reports the attackers fouled the defender to get the break that led to a goal (possibly a cautionable or even send off event) if the referee has no reason to doubt the AR because he did not witness the event the courageous and fair thing is to disallow the goal, free kick out (no one said it was a DFK foul) from the spot of that foul spotted by the AR and cards shown if the incident merited such.
A referee requires a bit more patience in dealing with dissent when he is the one pulling his foot out of his own butt! This is where a good captain /referee relationship can help. A "My bad, sorry!" is the least of the explanation to the swarming angry players but to acknowledge the mistake and FIX it, is the right thing to do!
That was our Question YOUR Answer is...Al a Referee from Sarnia ON CANADAPrevention: Pre-game communication appeared clear. AR even used correct arm to indicate attacker foul. Now we come to trust. I tell all AR's; if flag goes up you must look at me, I'll communicate something. Whistle if I agree. Wave off (and further communication) if I disagree. In this situation, if play is allowed to continue, I will clearly wave down flag and signal advantage with solid eye-contact to AR. These three things alone should help clarify the problem. Wave down, AR shakes head no or subtly points other way; advantage, AR shakes head no or subtly points other way; eye-contact (even if it means three looks over) establishes only way to communicate that team is not on same page. Referee realizing this must rely on trust and stop play. Proper positioning will ensure that flag remains in sight-lines.
Reality: Play continues, goal scored, flag still up. Sort out story and make the correct decision -- Restart DFK or IFK as appropriate to defenders is only choice. Most players will accept, "Sorry boys, my bad...I screwed that up big time." They often realize if we take time to get it right for one side, we'll also do it for their side...if not today, perhaps in a match next year. John Allen a Referee from Owensboro Kentucky USAUpon seeing that the AR still has his flag raised, I would immediately confer with him while watching the players on the field. If I agree with his decision, I would wave off the goal and award a free direct kick to the defensive team at the spot of the foul as indicated by the AR. Since play had not restarted following the said "goal", the call not initially made could be corrected. Joseph Hagar a Referee from Mustang ok usaLaw 5 says that if play is stopped and then restarted, then there is nothing that the referee can do. Play must continue at that point.
Law 5 also tells the referee that they can act on the advise of their assitant.
In this situation the referee may choose to ask his assistant," What did you see?"
The referee may then decide to act on the advise of the assistant, and as that play has not restarted, may consider returning the ball to the position of the foul, sending the ball to a direct free kick to the defending team. Also the referee may decide to issue any sanctions (red/yellow card) against any players involved. AskTheref.com Educating and Amusing The Soccer Referee Since October 11, 1999<-->
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