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Hi Key principle of the law is that offenders should not benefit from an offence. Getting a goal chalked off benefited the offending team.

Hi A simple wait and see sorts it. Easy in hindsight we know yet what would have been wrong with a retake if it hit an encroaching defender. It is an easier explanation about breaking Law 13 rather than chalking off a goal. Indeed for that matter it can still be a retake even if it does not...

Hi Yeah the ref blew the whistle as normal and he knew who was going to take the kick. Nothing in the law either to say that the kicker must place the ball!

Hi Not set in Law. Common practice is that it no more than 10 yards given the fact the way the FOP is marked. And that the kicker is identified and that he does not get *lost* in *crowd* I once saw a penalty on the web where the kicker identified himself to the referee, a team mate stayed in...

Hi Surely only the referee can change *his* opinion based on his review of the situation. To me this looked like Martin Aitkinson left the decision to the VAR official Chris Kavanagh?

Hi United v PSG DHB is a perfect example of the challenge to decide between deliberate and accidental. A straw poll of refs on here will have differing views. Some will say natural position, other will say arm away from the body, made himself bigger, no he didn't, the list goes on. I can argue...

Hi The reason DHB is such a big ticket item is due to penalty kick decisions. Limited debate elsewhere on the FOP. Case in point United v PSG. My take on this is that the new IFAB change will still create the same problem. From what I read it seems like IFAB wants to stop the hands behind the...

Hi For me there are two elements in these. If the ball is clearly kicked with the referee seeing it then it is play on. That is rare. More likely are the verbals you mentioned which verbally deceives an opponent at a restart. It is unsporting to suggest the ball is not in play when what is done...

Hi Simple. Remove encroachment entirely. Just set everyone bar the kicker 10 yards from the ball, goalkeeper 12 yards and once the kicker moves then allow encroachment. It would shorten the run up by the kicker as well. The fact is I would say is that 99% of kicks there is encroachment of some...

Hi Two clear incorrect decisions. The offside decision did not meet any of the criteria set out in Law11. Only justification I can see is an error in depth perception by the AR On the Lloris red card the goal chance had already gone plus the attacker had no hope of retrieving the ball due to...

Many will recall the Tiote disallowed goal for Newcadtle against Man City AR does not flag yet stands in position, Hart appeals for offside saying he could not see the ball! Anyway it shows that neither the referee nor AR could say for sure that there was interfering with an opponent which...

One That's correct if you have the luxury of a 4th official. Without a 4th there is no way this can be done except at a stoppage Maybe with an AR who is in front of the TA who can do a quick check over yet that is not going to work all the time.

Just quote the law to the captain. Le Tissier has to go off to get the bleeding stopped, shirt changed so he cannot come back until the game has restarted and then at the next stoppage. The team has to pick a player to take the kick. If it's a standoff I would say to the captain someone has to...

Many grounds have pre existing conditions. Under the LotG the goals do not meet Law 2 so at higher levels it would not happen or be allowed. At lower levels such as Underage or schools, recreational etc I would allow the game to be played as it is not dangerous. As it it outside interference the...

The game cannot be delayed for this. We would not stop a regular restart to wait so is a pk any different. I think that if he goes then then it is another kicker as he has to wait until the game restarts before he can request re entry and that can only happen at another stoppage which could be...

Hi This is what IFAB Q&A says "" Q6 Why is an offence against someone who is not an opponent now a direct free kick? Does this include dissent/offensive language? If, for example, a player strikes a team-‐mate, substitute, team official or, perhaps even worse, a match official this is serious...

Hi Offinabus has an IDFK restart. It cannot be a DFK or penalty. As to what is expected here in the OP the Law requires that the game should only be stopped if there is interference on the field of play. As there is no interference play should continue to the next stoppage. Now the Law does not...

It is not a misapplication of the Law. Very few referee signals are included in the Laws. Whistle for a PK. It can be argued that it was unclear what side it went over given the angle of the ball so the referee signaled for a corner on the left, changed his mind and allowed play to continue...

Hi MB It's not my view so why shoot the messenger Esse Baharmast is a FIFA instructor. Had he been the VAR on the Iceland game it would have been a PK Incident @10.50 in the USSF video That is what is being coached. I do not agree but it is there

Hi FIFA at a number of senior official training camps have been advising that any contact on the arm in a slide tackle is DHB. Full stop. That is the instruction not whether it is deliberate or not. Videos show to the groups are even more unintentional that the one here and the advice is to call...