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Law 12 - Cautions for USB

Reffing4Life

Reffing4Life

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Hi everyone!

I’m just curious if anyone can explain this please?

I’m reading Law 12 and it says this:

There are different circumstances when a player must be cautioned for unsporting behaviour including if a player:
  • uses a deliberate trick to pass the ball (including from a free kick) to the goalkeeper with the head, chest, knee etc. to circumvent the Law, whether or not the goalkeeper touches the ball with the hands

Can somebody explain what that means please?

Thanks very much!
 
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If a player for example chips the ball up so he can head it back to the keeper. Then thats an idfk and a booking for the player.
Note: the pass to the keeper does not have to be completed
 
I've never seen a 'deliberate trick' clearly defined anywhere but it's one of those things you would recognise if and when it were to happen. A few potential examples might be ...
  • Defender under no pressure gets down to ground level to knee or head the ball back to the keeper (this is what happened on the only occasion I have experienced such an infringement during a match).
  • Defender under no pressure flicks the ball up to chest it back to the keeper.
  • Keeper repeatedly throws the ball to a nearby defender who heads it back into the keeper's hands (a fellow referee experienced this).
As a guideline if it's an action that you wouldn't expect during normal play then it's probably getting into 'deliberate trick' territory.
 
These were more common, though still uncommon, when the "passback" rule was new. Unlikely you'll see it actually happen in the real world. This is on the list of things that should be really obvious before you think of calling it. Remember the caution goes to the player who did something tricky--and technically is a caution even if the GK does not handle the ball.
 
socal lurker said:
These were more common, though still uncommon, when the "passback" rule was new. Unlikely you'll see it actually happen in the real world. This is on the list of things that should be really obvious before you think of calling it. Remember the caution goes to the player who did something tricky--and technically is a caution even if the GK does not handle the ball.
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Seen the dropping down to the floor to head it back a few times, don't remember it ever being punished.
 
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