Scenario: You extended the half for taking of a penalty kick. Kicker kicks ball, which rebounds off crossbar, hits back of GK and goes into the goal. What actions do you take?
All six of the referees who responded chose the correct answer --- allow the goal.
In this situation, the PK is over when the referee decides it is. In part, that would mean the ball has been kicked and moves and it's either gone out of play, the flight of the ball is such that it cannot be scored without being touched again by the kicker, or the kicker violates Law 14 by kicking the ball backward, rather than forward.
Even though the ball had been kicked and moved, and it had hit the crossbar and was moving away from the goal, the fact that the ball can still be played by the goalkeeper would mean that its deflection from the goalkeeper into the goal should constitute a goal.
A couple ways the PK would be considered NOT completed, even after the ball had been kicked, would be:
- ball deflates on its way to the goal
- an outside agent touches the ball on the way to the goal
- And of course, if there is a violation of Law 14 by both teams, or by the defending team when the ball does not enter the goal, then the PK must be retaken.
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This comment is unrelated to the PK... but a frequent occurance which seems to have no definitive answer....
Monday night (U19C) the AR raised his flag (offside) as the ball was played to an attacker very close to the goal line. The Referee did not see the flag. The defending team immediately gained momentary control of the ball (a VERY BRIEF period of time as they made one kick in an attempt to clear the ball from the goal area). That attempt to clear the ball failed and another attacker (not in an offside position) shot and scored. This entire sequence took no more than five seconds.
1. Was the AR correct in lowering the flag when control of the ball shifted to the defending team.
2. At what point does an AR lower the flag (after signaling offside) as play continues and the referee does not observe the AR signal?
This comment is unrelated to the PK... but a frequent occurance which seems to have no definitive answer....
Monday night (U19C) the AR raised his flag (offside) as the ball was played to an attacker very close to the goal line. The Referee did not see the flag. The defending team immediately gained momentary control of the ball (a VERY BRIEF period of time as they made one kick in an attempt to clear the ball from the goal area). That attempt to clear the ball failed and another attacker (not in an offside position) shot and scored. This entire sequence took no more than five seconds.
1. Was the AR correct in lowering the flag when control of the ball shifted to the defending team.
2. At what point does an AR lower the flag (after signaling offside) as play continues and the referee does not observe the AR signal?
Given what you described, I think the AR could have held his flag up longer: 1) play is SO close to the goal and potential for a goal being scored; 2) Ball transitions from the offside player to defense, who albeit "gain possession," do not have it very long.
For the AR to put his flag down, it should be at a point that the offside situation is no longer a factor in the play, i.e., the defense gets clear possession, and I would include in that, are moving the ball in the other direction.
In this case, it sounds like the defense was still fighting to control that ball, having come from the offside player.
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Agreed. Shouldn't the AR have held up the flag until the Referee acknowledged it? The original offside offence should have been penalized as it never became a trifling matter (as might have been the case if the defending team successfully clear the ball.
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