Wall Encroachment, Attacking FK

[JA1989]

Had a odd one in a game this morning and whilst I've sold the restart I reckon it was wrong in law.

Attacking FK for Red team. Wall is two yards inside the penalty area. FK taken and two members of the wall have attacked the ball early and one of them has turned and hit him on the back inside but on the edge of the penalty area.

YC for C5 offence to the defender who the ball has hit, but where is the resulting FK taken from? (Or should a Penalty Kick given that the offence has taken place inside the box?)

 

[RustyRef]

You caution and just retake the free kick.

 

[JA1989]

You caution and just retake the free kick.

Brilliant, that's what I did but thought I've dropped a ball here somewhere.

 

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[Josh the referee]

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If the advantage is applied, I assume they would still be cautioned at the next stoppage?

 

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If the advantage is applied, I assume they would still be cautioned at the next stoppage?

Good question. I don't think the laws are specific on this. I'd say no based on 1. the game wouldn't expect it as the defenders didn't benefit from it (advantage played to attackers). 2. There is already a precedent in law not to caution if playing advantage for SPA.

 

[socal lurker]

Good question. I don't think the laws are specific on this. I'd say no based on 1. the game wouldn't expect it as the defenders didn't benefit from it (advantage played to attackers). 2. There is already a precedent in law not to caution if playing advantage for SPA.

Since there is no exemption, I think the R could caution within the Laws. But I agree it wouldn’t be expected in the uncommon scenarios advantage is played.

(But I’d also note that advantage doesn’t necessarily mean the miscreant did not benefit his team. The miscreant may have blocked a pass that was likely to create a great scoring chance, and the deflection leads to merely a good scoring chance (but one that is better than a retake of the FK).)

 

[DJIC]

Similar scenario for me, set the wall, tell players any handling will be a PK, elbow above head, pointed for PK. Only complaint was “but we edged forward ref!”.

Advice given on here taken, about set wall clearly inside PK & not on the line.