So today I had a game in which an incident happened that I haven't seen or heard about before.
It was Orange v Blue, and the Oranges were winning 3-1 with 5 minutes to go. A long ball forward from the Blue team came to rest at the feet of the Orange GK. She kept the ball at her feet until pressured by a Blue forward. The keeper kneeled down and put her hands towards the ball as if she was going to pick it up, so the Blue player retreated. The keeper didn't however pick the ball up, and stood back up with it at her feet. The Blue attacker then pressed again, and the exact same thing happened. It then happened again for a 3rd time, and on the 4th occasion she eventually picked the ball up.
The coaches from the Blue team were appealing that she wasn't allowed to do that, however as she didn't actually touch the ball with her hands prior to it, I allowed play to go on.
Is this perfectly acceptable, or would there have been a case for awarding an Indirect free-kick to the Blue team for unsporting behaviour, or any other reason for that matter?
It was Orange v Blue, and the Oranges were winning 3-1 with 5 minutes to go. A long ball forward from the Blue team came to rest at the feet of the Orange GK. She kept the ball at her feet until pressured by a Blue forward. The keeper kneeled down and put her hands towards the ball as if she was going to pick it up, so the Blue player retreated. The keeper didn't however pick the ball up, and stood back up with it at her feet. The Blue attacker then pressed again, and the exact same thing happened. It then happened again for a 3rd time, and on the 4th occasion she eventually picked the ball up.
The coaches from the Blue team were appealing that she wasn't allowed to do that, however as she didn't actually touch the ball with her hands prior to it, I allowed play to go on.
Is this perfectly acceptable, or would there have been a case for awarding an Indirect free-kick to the Blue team for unsporting behaviour, or any other reason for that matter?