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Originally Posted by madlex
Play has been restarted by the ref blowing the whistle as he has to after substitutions.
The ball is in play
I don't doubt you can read the rules, but what do you think this even means? Do you think his whistle stops the goalkeeper or any taker from picking the ball up and putting it down again before they take it? That's a hand ball? Would his whistle stop them from handing it to their teammate to take it instead? Have you never seen them do exactly that, but with their feet instead?
Usually their body languange is clear and no fuss is made - in this case it instead looks like the goalkeeper means to take the goal kick, but my very simple point is, that he could do the exact same thing in order to let his teammate take it - as they often do with this new goal kick format that allows teammates in the box but not opponents.
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Originally Posted by madlex
"intent" isn't even really a criteria anymore in the rules on hand balls.
Rather than removed, because the referee cannot judge their intent it's been reworded into something that is somewhat tangible (i.e. the first iteration to do away with intent actually had players awkwardly demonstrate the opposite intent with unnatural arm positions). But I don't think that's relevant.
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He just didn't want award one for a kids mistake. That's fair and we can agree or disagree on that.
I would be curious to learn who thinks it should actually have been given.
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Arguing that it's not a penalty by the rules is pretty stupid though.
I am just saying that there is a harmless interpretation for what happened, which was in fact the interpretation of the Arsenal player who picked up the ball. Even
within the rules it is eay to go along with that interpretation, precisely because the referee cannot read their minds, and the players decide who takes a goal kick and from where exactly.
Last edited by Ambush; 04-10-2024 at 10:01 AM.