retired_drumcook

Goal line would be funnier though!

retired_sroch3032

hehe yes that would be funnier

6 yard area yes :p

Have had to do that lately...when the keeper(at junior level so they forget) picks up a backpass !

retired_nick88

I've seen this happen before. I think it was last year or the year before in an EPL game when I think it was a Man U keeper picked up a backpass. They had a free kcik inside the penalty area not a penalty. Only time I ever seen it in real life.

retired_mrsjb

I've seen indirect free kicks in the penalty area on many occasions, including for obstruction.

The only purpose of the goal area is to define the closest to the goal that a free kick may be taken from, IIRC.

What I have never seen is a player sent off for an indirect free kick offence in the penalty area (except in my CM game yesterday ofc).

retired_pmetzger1

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jcb23:
The only purpose of the goal area is to define the closest to the goal that a free kick may be taken from, IIRC.

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And where goal kicks should be taken from within.

retired_crazybonejr

Being the resident Level III referee, I'll explain the goal area's uses...


Obviously, goal kicks are taken from within the goal area. Any free kick awarded to the defending side where the infraction occurs inside the goal area may be taken from anywhere inside the goal area, as done with goal kicks.

If the attacking team is awarded an indirect free kick for an infraction that occurs inside the goal area, then it it taken from the line of the goal area which runs parallel to the goal line, nearest to where the infraction took place.

As well, when a drop ball occurs, it may not take place inside the goal area, but on the line parallel to the goal line, at the nearest location to the infraction, as done with attacking indirect free kicks.


And Dark_Soccer, I'm not sure how they teach the Laws of the Game in Australia, but never, ever should an indirect free kick moved to the edge of the penalty area. And if you've seen a penalty given for obstruction, then that referee was applying the Laws of the Game incorrectly.

They've basically been said by everyone, but Ian has given me the "final word" on matters dealing with the Laws of the Game.

retired_tinkfaeree

*drumroll*

Some years ago (in 2001), Bayern Munich secured the championship in the 94th minute of their last season game at Hamburg. HSV's keeper picked up a backpass, and the ref gave an indirect free kick from the 6 yard line. Bayern's Swedish International Defender just kicked the ball hard and it went through the wall and in. Definitely a shocker for the Schalke fans who had celebrated their championship for a couple of minutes already, because they didn't know that the game in Hamburg was still running.

KingsbayYHPE

Now...where have I heard that before...and before...and...

retired_holden

So does that mean shirt-pulling in the box should be penalised with an indirect free kick instead of a penalty? Because that never happens

retired_losty

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jraldous:
So does that mean shirt-pulling in the box should be penalised with an indirect free kick instead of a penalty? Because that never happens <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Shirt pulling is classified as holding an opponent, which is a direct free kick.