zarathustra
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I was running the line on a league cup semi final yesterday and there was an "almost" incident, and I'm wondering what others think about it.
First half there is an attacking free kick just outside the area.
Defenders set up a wall etc and then one of the attackers moves to the the left hand goal post and starts talking to the keeper, when his team mate takes the free kick, luckily he blasts it well over the cross bar.
Now, if it had gone to the player on the post he would have been well offside, but, if they'd scored would there have been grounds for disallowing the goal, awarding an IDFK and cautioning the attacker on the post for "verbally distracting an opponent"?
Personally I think there would, as to me it seems like the very thing the law was designed for, but I'd be interested in others take on it.
First half there is an attacking free kick just outside the area.
Defenders set up a wall etc and then one of the attackers moves to the the left hand goal post and starts talking to the keeper, when his team mate takes the free kick, luckily he blasts it well over the cross bar.
Now, if it had gone to the player on the post he would have been well offside, but, if they'd scored would there have been grounds for disallowing the goal, awarding an IDFK and cautioning the attacker on the post for "verbally distracting an opponent"?
Personally I think there would, as to me it seems like the very thing the law was designed for, but I'd be interested in others take on it.