Murri O
Well-Known Member
Started doing more junior games recently and you get all these weird circumstances which never occur in senior football.
Ref awards a free kick in the box and the GK quickly places the ball down and passes it to a defender who is standing next to him in the box. There is also an attacker in the box.
When is the attacker allowed to challenge for the ball?
I'm finding this bit confusing.
Extract from 13.3
If, when a free kick is taken by the defending team inside its penalty area, any opponents are inside the penalty area because they did not have time to leave, the referee allows play to continue. If an opponent who is in the penalty area when the free kick is taken, or enters the penalty area before the ball is in play, touches or challenges for the ball before it is in play, the free kick is retaken.
Isn't the ball 'in play' the moment (from 13.2) it is 'kicked and clearly moves'? Does the ball have to leave the box? Does the attacker have to leave the box? (I'm sure someone from outside the box can run in and challenge.)
The ball:
Ref awards a free kick in the box and the GK quickly places the ball down and passes it to a defender who is standing next to him in the box. There is also an attacker in the box.
When is the attacker allowed to challenge for the ball?
I'm finding this bit confusing.
Extract from 13.3
If, when a free kick is taken by the defending team inside its penalty area, any opponents are inside the penalty area because they did not have time to leave, the referee allows play to continue. If an opponent who is in the penalty area when the free kick is taken, or enters the penalty area before the ball is in play, touches or challenges for the ball before it is in play, the free kick is retaken.
Isn't the ball 'in play' the moment (from 13.2) it is 'kicked and clearly moves'? Does the ball have to leave the box? Does the attacker have to leave the box? (I'm sure someone from outside the box can run in and challenge.)
The ball:
- must be stationary and the kicker must not touch the ball again until it has touched another player
- is in play when it is kicked and clearly moves
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