- A player who has taken a goal-kick properly,
intentionally plays the ball with
his
hand when the ball has left the penalty-area but before it has been touched by
another player. What is the decision?
A direct free-kick shall be awarded to the opposing team.
- Should the referee award a penalty-kick if a
player other then the goalkeeper
takes a goal-kick and the ball passes out of the penalty-area into play but is blown
back by a strong wind without any other player having touched it, and a player of
the defending side other than the goalkeeper plays the ball with his hand within
the penalty-area?
Yes. If in similar circumstances, the goalkeeper takes the goal-kick and tries to
stop the ball entering the goal and just touches the ball with his hand but fails to
prevent it passing into goal, the referee shall award an indirect free-kick.
- During a goal-kick, the ball has travelled the
distance of its circumference
without leaving the penalty-area when an opponent enters the penalty-area and
is intentionally fouled by a defending player. Can a penalty-kick be
awarded?
No, because the ball was not in play at the time the offence was committed. The
offending player shall be cautioned or sent off, according to the nature of the
offence, and the goal-kick retaken. If the ball has passed outside the penalty-area
before the game is stopped, a goal-kick shall still be retaken as the player of
the attacking side entered the penalty-area before the ball was in play.
- If a player is intentionally tripped before the ball
passes out of the penalty-area
when a goal-kick is being taken, should a free-kick be awarded?
No, the ball is not in play until it has been out of the penalty-area. The offender
shall be cautioned or sent off and the goal-kick retaken.
- After a goal-kick has been taken, the ball
strikes the referee inside the
penalty-area and continues into play. Must the kick be retaken?
No. Any contact between the ball and the referee on the field of play is
considered irrelevant.