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Penalty kicks - encroachment

TopCat

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Can I just check my understanding of this please...penalty kick, attacker encroaches before kicker has kicked ball should be retake regardless of outcome? Defender encroaches goal it's advantage, saved it's retake. Both encroach it's a retake regardless of outcome? Why is it a retake if attacker encroaches and goal goes in? Realistically it isn't going to have had an impact on the goal having being scored surely?
 
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Once the referee has signalled for a penalty kick to be taken, the kick must be taken. If, before the ball is in play, one of the following occurs:

  • the player taking the penalty kick or a team-mate offends:
    • if the ball enters the goal, the kick is retaken
    • if the ball does not enter the goal, the referee stops play and restarts with an indirect free kick
  • except for the following when play will be stopped and restarted with an indirect free kick, regardless of whether or not a goal is scored:
    • a penalty kick is kicked backwards
    • a team-mate of the identified kicker takes the kick; the referee cautions the player who took the kick
    • feinting to kick the ball once the kicker has completed the run-up (feinting in the run-up is permitted); the referee cautions the kicker
  • the goalkeeper or a team-mate offends:
    • if the ball enters the goal, a goal is awarded
    • if the ball does not enter the goal, the kick is retaken; the goalkeeper is cautioned if responsible for the offence
  • a player of both teams offends the Laws of the Game, the kick is retaken unless a player commits a more serious offence (e.g. illegal feinting); if both the goalkeeper and kicker commit an offence at the same time:
    • if the kick is missed or saved, the kick is retaken and both players cautioned
    • if the kick is scored, the goal is disallowed, the kicker is cautioned and play restarts with an indirect free kick to the defending team
If, after the penalty kick has been taken:

  • the kicker touches the ball again before it has touched another player:
    • an indirect free kick (or direct free kick for deliberate hand ball) is awarded
  • the ball is touched by an outside agent as it moves forward:
    • the kick is retaken unless the ball is going into the goal and the interference does not prevent the goalkeeper or a defending player playing the ball, in which case the goal is awarded if the ball enters the goal (even if contact was made with the ball) unless the ball enters the opponents’ goal
  • the ball rebounds into the field of play from the goalkeeper, the crossbar or the goalposts and is then touched by an outside agent:
    • the referee stops play
    • play is restarted with a dropped ball at the position where it touched the outside agent

http://www.theifab.com/laws/the-penalty-kick/chapters/penalty-kick-offences-and-sanctions
 
Why is it a retake if attacker encroaches and goal goes in?
As far as I know, the reason for this is that it would be against both letter of the law and the "spirit of the game" for a team to be awarded a goal when they have committed an offence.
 
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