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FWIW, the Spanish keeper involved, Cata Coll, has said that her bottle wasn't thrown away. There would be no reason (that I can think of) why she should lie about this. In the wake of Coll's comments, Hampton now admits she's not sure which bottle she threw into the crowd, although she thought...

That seems to be somewhat contrary to what is stated in the X post from the IFAB shown by @Russell Jones - and to what Collina said about it being to stop goalkeepers lying on the ground after making a save.

I know that this has been mentioned a couple of times already on different threads so it looks like it's true but does anyone know where this clarification comes from? Or even better, does anyone have a link to the clarification?

Possibly (though not necessarily) for the purpose outlined in the FA/PGMOL statement they made when they allowed it for Ricardo Fuller in 2008. "Jewellery clarification Tuesday, 04 November 2008. Due to many queries we have recently received from referees and the public concerning Ricardo...

Exactly - which is why I don't like the IFAB giving an answer which makes it sound like it's a fixed point of law.

I have to say, I had high hopes that this would be properly implemented, based on what the IFAB had reported on how successful it was in the trials. However, having watched it apparently being ignored in the Women's Euros, I'm starting to have my doubts.

It can't be penalised under the provision about using a deliberate trick to circumvent the law (as @Johnson says, it doesn't meet the criteria) but I think if they do it several times then it changes the calculation of whether it was a deliberate action using foot contact (which the law says is...

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Actually, the bit about contacting the opponent before the ball being a foul wasn't introduced until 1995 - and the wording wasn't removed from the laws until 2008. Neither when it was added nor when it was removed, can I find any official explanation from the IFAB as to the rationale behind...

OK, but this isn't a question of the organising body keeping the original trophy (which as you say, is quite normal). This is a situation where someone who has no business doing so - who has no connection to the game of football or the competition (apart from happening to show up for the final)...

And - surprise, surprise - Donald Trump is keeping the trophy for himself. Trump kept FIFA Club World Cup trophy for himself - leaving champions Chelsea to lift a replica

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This was actually the second time in the match that she failed to stop play for a serious-looking head injury. In the first incident, a different Denmark player took a hand to the face from a German player that left her (the Danish player) flat out on the ground with blood pouring from her nose...

This. Absolutely and definitively this.

I think the phrase, "The referee will decide when the goalkeeper has control of the ball ..." is sufficient clarification and I'm pretty sure it was put in there quite deliberately to allow the referee some discretion here.

I'm not aware of anything suggesting a referee should wait for a keeper to get to their feet, no matter how long they stay down. The wording of the law certainly doesn't state that. Maybe, if the goalie "bounces" back up more or less straight away, the ref might allow for that - but not if they...

Again, we can't tell from that video what (if any) tolerance there was.

OK, but it was only 14 seconds by the count some unknown individual has put on a TikTok video. For instance, the timer on the video starts at the exact millisecond the keeper first touches the ball. It's not supposed to start until the ref decides the keeper has the ball under control. So we...

I haven't watched any of the games in the Club World Cup so far (not sure I will, either) but are there any trends emerging as regards the goalkeepers and referees behaviour related to the new 8 second rule? Are keepers releasing the ball quicker, have any referees given corners yet, etc? I see...

I'm not sure I'm trying to make a point. I'm just stating facts as to what happened in the trials. I'm not drawing any conclusions or making any prognostications based on that. Or perhaps, as I think a bit more about it, the main point I'm tending towards is simply that perhaps we shouldn't...