From a match situation I was involved in (as an AR) recently:
To stop play, and award a caution, for "handles the ball in an attempt to score a goal (whether or not the attempt is successful)" does a handball offence have to occur?
Can you stop play if a player attempts to handle the ball to score a goal but doesn't actually handle it?
In my opinion the wording here is ordered in a way that says you have to actually handle the ball, but could you say that even attempting to do it is unsporting, caution and then IDFK restart?
To stop play, and award a caution, for "handles the ball in an attempt to score a goal (whether or not the attempt is successful)" does a handball offence have to occur?
Can you stop play if a player attempts to handle the ball to score a goal but doesn't actually handle it?
In my opinion the wording here is ordered in a way that says you have to actually handle the ball, but could you say that even attempting to do it is unsporting, caution and then IDFK restart?
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