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Hi While not a backpass the goalkeeper has released the ball from possession and he cannot touch the ball again with a hand until it comes from an opponent or legally from a team mate. So its an IDFK offence not the backpass one. Terminology is important. FWIW control with the foot is deemed a...

From the penalty mark I can’t see how the ball can clip the post and end up behind the net if it did not go in. Clip it on the outside and its going well away from the goal. Also while checking the nets is vital positioning is even more important. I once repaired a net before kick off and a ball...

The DOGSO red card offence can have a direct / penalty or indirect free kick restart. So the answer is red card.

The decision hinges on the first Forest defender to play the ball, The 2nd Forest play can easily be justified as interfering by the player in an offside position yet that is not the key decision, Now was the first clearance deliberate or not. The IFAB advice and video examples would suggest...

Play was held up for over a minute before the corner kick to allow VAR to look at the incident. Dermot Gallagher said on Sky that if AT had seen the incident on the monitor it would have been a red card. Seemed to know something? That begs the question what was VAR's opinion on it. Was it not...

My take on the incidents The offside is not clear enough for me. Mendy has clear line of sight to the ball at the moment of the shot, Richarlison is not close to him and he almost gets to the ball inside the post. Throw in a Chelsea defender in the mix in front of Richarlison and its not...

Flag up by AR, wave down by referee as a deliberate play and goal awarded. Based on the "new" advice its offside?

In my opinion there are two offences here. Ramsdale was guilty of at the very least of playing in a dangerous manner with his boot raised and all six studs showing towards an opponent which is reckless. Contact and its a stone wall red card. It can also be challenging in a reckless manner Bowen...

I would say that if a straw poll was taken of referees on this part of the ball out of play law that it would not be consistent. The reason the question was posed was that cdsman went with a dropped ball rather than a throw in which I suspect was not challenged. Anubis wished he had went with a...

One of the downsides of the throw in restart is that most in the game expect a dropped ball for it hitting the referee. 99.9% of the time the ball will stay on the field of play and perhaps meet one of the three conditions so its a DB. Personally I think it somewhat "unfair" that if it hits the...

On that last clip it just cannot be offside. So was it a foul that was called? If it was the flag mechanics were incorrect for a foul. Its even wrong for offside. Fluttering flag and then pointed left with the left arm for a foul. No pointing in either to the location. The referee signals for...

One of the challenges I have seen in recent times is that many referees accept every offside flag. In the first clip it could not be offside just perhaps maybe a player in an offside position. I like many others have been there on incorrect flags and its a wave down with play continuing. Before...

In the Laws of the Game 20/21 there was a diagram showing an image with a green shoulder area and a red lower arm. The change stated that "For the purposes of determining handball offences, the upper boundary of the arm is in line with the bottom of the armpit" and the diagram was to represent...

When I looked at this first the referee makes an unsighted move to get a better view as there is a player in his way and I believe he hasn't clearly seen the incident. He is then relying on VAR who finds a reason not to change the on-field decision of the referee by suggesting it could be in the...

One of the consequence of a recent law change in action.. Does this deserve a red card sanction when I doubt if any player is not kicking the ball here.

My understanding is that UEFA officials have been advised that if the referee advises the 4th official to show says 4 minutes then play the 4 minutes only. If there is a clear obvious reason to add on further time such as a substitution, injury that will be dealt with as it is expected. Sure the...

!00% penalty for me. Poor first touch and then he goes for the ball head first so he could only use his hands in that position which would have been an IDFK assuming he did play the ball. Perhaps he thought the attacker looked for it yet to me there was contact and enough for a penalty. Had he...

To me if the ball is in open play and it is available to be headed normally then there is no trick. The trick occurs when a players contrives a way to get the ball into the goalkeepers hand using something that looks like a trick play such as flicking the ball up to his head or kneeling to head...

Deliberate handling continues to plague the game. Referees rarely see players deliberately move the ball with their hand / arm and most are given based on the ball hitting the player and adjudged to be in an unnatural position that is making themselves bigger by arms being raised, away from the...

That is correct. As long as the ball is inside the penalty area a goalkeeper can legally touch any part of the ball with his hands including the part of the ball that is over the penalty area line. For a ball to be outside the penalty area all of the ball must be over all of the line. The...