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What if a ball that would have gone in anyway touches a water bottle right before the goal-line. Would you allow the goal? http://www.dutchreferee.com/water-bottle-goal-correct-not/
Only if the outside agent interferes with play.Outside agent, drop ball restart regardless of where the ball was going
And you use a 38 year old photo to illustrate your point? (That's if it's from Argentina '78)Only if the outside agent interferes with play.
If we followed your interpretation, some matches would be non-stop drop ball games...
Touching the ball counts as interfering with play for the purposes of offside, so why would that not be the case here?Only if the outside agent interferes with play.
Not sure what has the age of the photo got to do with it?And you use a 38 year old photo to illustrate your point? (That's if it's from Argentina '78)
Not sure that you are being serious but I can think of several. For example, in offside "interfering with play" only happens when the player touches the ball; if that were the case here if an elephant were lose on the pitch play would continue until it touched the ball as up until that point it would, by your suggested definition, not be interfering with play.Touching the ball counts as interfering with play for the purposes of offside, so why would that not be the case here?
You've misinterpreted what I said. I wasn't suggesting that as a definition for it - my point was that if the outside agent touches the ball it HAS to be classed as interfering with play. However, you're quite right that the outside agent could interfere with play without touching the ball.Not sure that you are being serious but I can think of several. For example, in offside "interfering with play" only happens when the player touches the ball; if that were the case here if an elephant were lose on the pitch play would continue until it touched the ball as up until that point it would, by your suggested definition, not be interfering with play.
I refer you to my picture of Argentina 78 above...or any number of stray crisp packets to be found around the country on a windy day.if the outside agent touches the ball it HAS to be classed as interfering with play.
Shocking the way some goalkeepers handle the ball in the area .....Therefore could we say deliberate handball by the keeper, (ball goes in the net), advantage played, GOAL, caution the GK?
Shocking the way some goalkeepers handle the ball in the area .....
When it's a thrown object by the GK that makes contact in the area, it's a caution, and an IFK from the point of contact. Oddly.
But no. That bottle's stationary and been there for a while. No gotcha refereeing here.
If you see the contact, you must stop the match.
On my pitch inspection prior to kick off, i remove all twigs that might cause an eye injury, and yes i have removed quite a few sometimes but better than a player getting injured......I refer you to my picture of Argentina 78 above...or any number of stray crisp packets to be found around the country on a windy day.
Should play be stopped every time the ball touches a twig on a pitch? I would say it should if the twig makes the ball do something significant that it otherwise wouldn't - it interferes with play by the normal definition. However, if there is no significant effect - for example a ball already going into the goal hits a twig and continues to roll into the goal - then play should not be stopped and likewise the water bottle goal should stand.
We really do debate some odd things here don't we..?
This is correct. FIFA Q&A 2006 had the following:There was a question in the old Q&A that specifically addressed this.
An attacker goes past the goalkeeper and kicks the ball towards the open goal. The goalkeeper then throws a boot or similar object, which strikes the ball and prevents it entering the goal. What action does the referee take?
The goalkeeper is cautioned for unsporting behaviour and the match is restarted by an indirect free kick to be taken from the place where the ball was when it was struck by the boot or similar object.