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How about another scenario!. Defender has his arm in an unnatural position above his shoulder and the ball is hit directly against it from about 6 yards, so clearly a handball offence. But, this happens in the penalty area so it's a penalty. However, the ball would have gone in the net, so, Red...

Yeah thanks, my point was DOG or DOGSO. I suppose if it's not stated specifically in law then it must be an IDFK and seemingly no card at all.

If a goalkeeper handballs in the area, say from a pass back, and denies an obvious goal is it a yellow card?

I think the fact that we're all debating this proves the point that the law doesn't make clear sense. Different opinions keep coming out and they can probably all make sense in their own right. There are a few threads about this and still no really clear answer to all aspects of handball. I...

It would be an offence to score from a handball even if not deliberate, so if the defender had left it the goal would not stand. I'd give the defensive free kick because the handball by the defender has not prevented a legal goal scoring opportunity.

I agree, thanks for your view. I've amended my initial post to further highlight why it appears very misleading though, purely because they are in bullet points and could be interpreted as different scenarios.

I know this is an old thread but I'm still confused by this, the wording is awful but mainly because of the lack of punctuation between scenarios. If the ball bounces off a players knee and hits his hand (which IS making is body bigger), is it handball or not?even if he's not then creating a...