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Friday, February 11, 2011laws of footballsport

149. Fernando Torres, 2011

Click to enlarge, and debate the strip below the line. Keith Hackett's verdict 1) There's not much you can do about the fans, but you can be proactive and address the behaviour of the players. Delay the kick and call over the attacking side's captain. Let him know that if his players continue, you will start cautioning them for what is clearly unsporting behaviour. Thanks to Gareth Tucker. 2) It's a goal. One of the first phrases drilled into every youngster by youth coaches is "play to the whistle". The keeper's rather arrogant failure to do that has cost his side a goal. Players are allowed to leave the field without permission during open play if they're doing so in order to beat an opponent. Thanks to Dan Simons. 3) Ignore the defenders' complaints – it's up to them to defend the kick, and there's nothing in the laws to stop opponents standing near a defensive wall so long as they don't attempt to break it physically. But the defenders shouldn't be too worried: it's not a goal either because it was an indirect free kick inside the area, and the ball didn't touch anyone else on the way into the net. Award a goal kick. Paul Seymour wins the shirt. Competition: win an official club shirt of your choice For a chance to win a club shirt from the range at Kitbag.com send us your questions for You are the Ref to [email protected] . The best scenario used in the new Observer YATR strip each Sunday wins a shirt of your choice from Kitbag . Terms & conditions apply. For more on the fifty year history of You Are The Ref, click here .

Source: The Guardian ↗

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