Youth friendly game last night - played in good spirit in glorious evening sunshine
- Team A has a free-kick on the half-way line, v near to the touch line, in front of the crowd
- Player wants to go fairly quickly and plays it firmly down the line
- I am 5-7 yards from the free-kick - trying to get out of the way - I fail miserably
- The ball cannons off me back to the taker of the free-kick - we look at each other as he controls the ball
- Now I know the law and what I should do ... I also know - last night - I could "get away with" asking him just to take it again
- We all get hit now and again - and if we're really unlucky it falls to the opposition who go through and score - that's just tough cheese
- In my scenario - I wonder what I would have done if the game had been a 'proper' game ... anyone ever penalised someone for a double touch at a free-kick following a cannon of the ref !?
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