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spuddy1878 said:
Easy one, YC for keeper and a re-take, clearly not on the goal line when kick is taken.
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What??? Take a goal away from attacking team because of an offense by the keeper? This will create a mess and is not correct. Hard to say from this video if he was off the line. Probably a step off.

Here is the thing. Referee is part of the field of play. IF you deem the keeper to have come off the line, the ball has legally been put into play and rebounded off of something not considered an outside agent and gone into the goal. This is a goal all day long. Waving it off is penalizing the attacking team and is not supported
 
Hoosier Ref said:
What??? Take a goal away from attacking team because of an offense by the keeper? This will create a mess and is not correct. Hard to say from this video if he was off the line. Probably a step off.

Here is the thing. Referee is part of the field of play. IF you deem the keeper to have come off the line, the ball has legally been put into play and rebounded off of something not considered an outside agent and gone into the goal. This is a goal all day long. Waving it off is penalizing the attacking team and is not supported
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I think that was said tongue in cheek Hoosie!! ;)
 
That pitch looks a bit odd! The referee is nearly standing at the point where a goal area would start on a normal field of play.
 
It's unlucky, but the wise referee knows how to utilise the LOTG to get a fairer outcome.

Obviously a goal scored off the referee is one of the worst outcomes possible, so what can be done to prevent it?
Players of both teams encroached - I'd be ordering a retake here. Still not quite as fair as if the ball hadn't hit the referee, but a better outcome.
 
I wouldn't call this unlucky. The ref's position is very poor for the penalty. Way too close to goal. He could have avoided this by standing 4 or 5 yard further away from the goal line (more in line with the ball which should be 12 yards away) and a bit wider.

This positioning happed in the world cup and was duly pointed out here.
 
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