Just make sure one of his mates touch it before free kick takenA little bit of outside the box thinking. The ball is dropped to a player. He takes a few touches and is fouled. He takes the free kick and kicks it directly into goal. The ball had not touched any other player since the drop ball. Goal or no goal?
Goal - play has been restarted with a new phase when the free kick is taken.A little bit of outside the box thinking. The ball is dropped to a player. He takes a few touches and is fouled. He takes the free kick and kicks it directly into goal. The ball had not touched any other player since the drop ball. Goal or no goal?
Goal - what happened before you awarded the free kick is immaterial.A little bit of outside the box thinking. The ball is dropped to a player. He takes a few touches and is fouled. He takes the free kick and kicks it directly into goal. The ball had not touched any other player since the drop ball. Goal or no goal?
Excellent bit of rules lawyering! Agree 100% that a strict interpretation of laws says that the goal doesn't count and play restarts with a GK, but that's clearly not the intent of the law...A little bit of outside the box thinking. The ball is dropped to a player. He takes a few touches and is fouled. He takes the free kick and kicks it directly into goal. The ball had not touched any other player since the drop ball. Goal or no goal?
I think the law is ok on this. It for say "If a dropped ball enters the goal without touching at least two players..."Excellent bit of rules lawyering! Agree 100% that a strict interpretation of laws says that the goal doesn't count and play restarts with a GK, but that's clearly not the intent of the law...
This also needed a bit of 'is it a trick question' thinking. It's only a goal if it was not into his own goal and the free kick was DFK. Keeping in mind nowhere in law does it say foul = direct.
I think the law is ok on this. It for say "If a dropped ball enters the goal without touching at least two players..."