zarathustra
RefChat Addict
Yes. How else would you find out if the non-deliberate handball has created a GSO or has resulted in a goal.
What is in dispute/debate here is how long should you wait and how far can the distance be between the handball and where the GSO occurs or the goal is? Neither of which are addressed by LOTG or are very clear.
Not long enough for the defender to boot the ball down the other end of the pitch and for the attacker to get possession etc.
Maybe a second or two at most. I really don't think we need IFAB to spoon feed us every tiny piece of information, you are allowed to use commons sense sometimes