How is that so?According to the very clear wording in the LotG this is an offence.
How is that so?
Edit: I have looked at this change, for both criteria, to include the condition of 'immidiate' for both time and vicinity to goal. For me that was the intent of the law was as it was to satisfy expectation and not exception.
I see how your are reading this. Let's say same as op question but the player dribbles 4 opponent and goes around the keeper and scores. That also, is an offence according to clear wording of the law. He gained posession of the ball after it touched his hand and then scored in the opponent's goal."gains possession/control of the ball after it has touched their hand/arm and then:
- scores in the opponents’ goal"
That is crystal clear to me
The Laws cannot deal with every possible situation, so where there is no direct provision in the Laws, The IFAB expects the referee to make a decision within the ‘spirit’ of the game – this often involves asking the question, “what would football want/expect?”
Only two rules you need: (i) No blood, no foul; (ii) Goals again Leeds count doubleMy head hurts with all these law interpretations. It’s a simple game, ruined by ruledom!
My thoughts are firstly, that it's never going to happen. When have you ever seen a player (other than a goalkeeper) score in the opponent's goal from inside their own penalty area? OK, maybe someone will dig up a YouTube video of the only time in history that it's ever happened but in practical terms, none of us is ever going to encounter this.
Secondly, consider the scenario if you did decide to penalise it as a handling offence. You'd have to give a penalty for an accidental handball.
To quote from the laws document:
I think this may be what lies behind the IFAB's response. I don't believe football wants or expects that accidental handling should lead to a penalty kick.
Thirdly, as @one says, this is not the kind of scenario that was supposed to be the intent of this law.
Luckily futsal is still on what are essentially 2014 laws!Obviously this will never happen in 11aside football. But to play devils advocate, what about in small sides games? Ball hits a defenders hand unintentionally, who is just outside the penalty area. He then shoots and scores, which isn't uncommon in 5aside or futsal when the keeper has pushed up at the end of the game when his team are a goal behind.
Are we allowing the goal as per IFAB?
I'll go back to the intent of this law when it was created. It was about what football expects. This goal, by many, will be attributed to the opponents deciding to leave the goal unguarded and less so to a non-deliberate handball. Most neutral 'football expects" people would expect the goal to be given (I think).Obviously this will never happen in 11aside football. But to play devils advocate, what about in small sides games? Ball hits a defenders hand unintentionally, who is just outside the penalty area. He then shoots and scores, which isn't uncommon in 5aside or futsal when the keeper has pushed up at the end of the game when his team are a goal behind.
Are we allowing the goal as per IFAB?
There fixedSo now, we can really simply handling in Law 12 again:
Except for the goalkeeper within the goalkeeper's own penalty area, it is a handling offense when:
- a player deliberately handles the ball, or
- One expects handling to be called.
It's never going to happen, no player can kick it that far unless doing a drop kick with force or a goal kick with a run up. And even then there'd have to be no keeper in the opposition goal.