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During a game a defender, facing
his own goal attempts to pass the ball back to his own goalkeeper. |
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He over hits the pass and the ball
now heads towards his own goal |
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The goalkeeper takes two steps
backwards and makes a save, punching the ball over the goal line. |
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What's your call? |

Take a moment to think this through, then
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The referee should award an indirect free kick
against the goalkeeper's team from the place where he touched the ball with
his hands, subject to the special circumstances of Law 8. |
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No cards need to be issued. |
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In this situation, the goalkeeper infringes Law
12 at the moment he touches the ball with his hands after it has been
deliberately kicked to him by his teammate. After that, everything else is
irrelevant. |
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If you award a corner kick, you are bypassing
the Law. |
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Some thought the
goalkeeper should be sent off because he denied the opposing team a goal or
an obvious goal scoring opportunity by an offense punishable by a free
kick. |
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For these individuals, I refer your attention
to Law 12 Sending off Offenses #4. that specifically states that denying a
goal or an obvious goal scoring opportunity by deliberately handling the
ball does not apply to a goalkeeper within his own penalty area. So, in this
situation, a send off is not in order.
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