A direct free kick is awarded to Team A just outside their penalty area.

A1 takes the kick almost missing it completely and just hitting the ball with the side of his boot.

A1 realizes that the ball is headed for his own net and runs to the ball in an attempt to stop it before it enters the goal.

A1, while inside the penalty area, dives and deflects the ball with his hand over the goal line preventing the ball from going into his goal .

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Player A1 has committed two (2) offences simultaneously:

	playing the ball a second time before it had been played by another player
	deliberately handling the ball.

Since these two (2) infractions happened at the same time, we punish the more serious offence [handling the ball] and because the offence happened within the penalty area, a penalty kick would be awarded in favor of Team B.

Player A1 would not be sent off and shown the red card for denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity since A1 cannot score against his own team directly from a free kick.

If player A1 let the ball enter the goal, the restart would have been corner kick in favor of Team B.

If player A1 deflected the ball with his hand and the ball entered the goal, a goal would be awarded to team B.