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Quick question if a player attempts to head the ball either defending or attacking and puts his head dangerously low to the ground and gets kicked in the head what is the ruling?
So a defending player 5yrds from his own goal line gets booted in the head because he stoops down to head the ball can actually have an indirect free kick given against him, wow that is crazy I get it but trying to explain that on the pitch will take some doing.
It’s intersting because I’ve seen it a few times lately and everytime the ref just gives a free kick to the player who got booted in the head.
I guess it all depends on what the law & you as a ref interpret as a high foot and head to low.
Either that or the ref’s I’ve seen just take the easy way out & give what would seem to the rest of the pitch the correct decision.
That's why we get the big bucks... The fan mail... The respect... Ha!God there is the laws of the game then there is the common sense of the game & then there is the way them both up together and give the correct decision book of the game.
I’m struggling to think of another situation in life where you would have so much to consider when having to make one decision in such a small space of time, it’s insane it really is.
Well the situation that comes to mind is the time I was deciding whether or not we wanted a second childI’m struggling to think of another situation in life where you would have so much to consider when having to make one decision in such a small space of time, it’s insane it really is.
Actually this can only be a direct free kick or penalty kick because there was contact.So a defending player 5yrds from his own goal line gets booted in the head because he stoops down to head the ball can actually have an indirect free kick given against him, wow that is crazy I get it but trying to explain that on the pitch will take some doing.
Is there not consideration as to who wins the ball first? Yes, the attacker puts his head in a dangerous area but he wins the ball but gets a boot in the head, would he not win the free kick after being on the end of a late challenge?Yes it is a hard sell. But there is a line (albeit imaginary) and below it you play the ball with your feet, above it your head......it also depends on the proximity of the opposition! A diving header with nobody near is not PIADM, a scissor kick in a crowded box probably is......
I've done it, but probably less than a handful of times in my whole career.
Is there not consideration as to who wins the ball first? Yes, the attacker puts his head in a dangerous area but he wins the ball but gets a boot in the head, would he not win the free kick after being on the end of a late challenge?
But he put himself in that silly position.
Yes it would generally be a foul to the attacker in that case. Normally a kick to head would be a sanction possibly a red but in this case its no sanction because its wasnt the offender's fault that it was a kick to the head.Is there not consideration as to who wins the ball first? Yes, the attacker puts his head in a dangerous area but he wins the ball but gets a boot in the head, would he not win the free kick after being on the end of a late challenge?
He did, but if he goes in with his foot and takes a kick that would be considered a foul. Why any different for his head?
Your common sense isn't my common sense.God there is the laws of the game then there is the common sense of the game & then there is the way them both up together and give the correct decision book of the game.
I’m struggling to think of another situation in life where you would have so much to consider when having to make one decision in such a small space of time, it’s insane it really is.