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OK, you want more!In futsal of course the keeper does not always have to pick it up for it to be an offence. The two touch offence is important to not make it a defensive game. And for that reason the 'back pass' law (including two touch) is applied with a much bigger net.
"after playing the ball, wherever on the pitch, touches it again in his/her own half of the pitch after it has been deliberately played to the goalkeeper by a team-mate without an opponent playing or touching it;
touches the ball with the hands or arms inside his/her own penalty area after it has been deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper by a team-mate"
Interesting that the only difference in the wording is "played" (IDFK 2 touch offence) vs "kicked" (IDFK handling offence). So, a 2 touch offence can come from any deliberate play on the ball.
Where am I going with this - both these say "deliberately played/kicked to the goalkeeper" but in futsal (as James said) it's interpreted as a deliberate play/kick that goes to the goalkeeper but in football we seem to want to interpret it as a deliberate kick intentionally to the goalkeeper.
Surely it should be aligned in both codes, no? Better wording IMHO would be "deliberately kicked and touched by the goalkeeper with the hands or arms". Get rid of the "to"