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But the very nature of the ball slipping out of his hands and into the goal would suggest that it wasn't under control and dead. And again, the laws of the game say a penalty is completed when the ref says it is, nothing about the ball being under control or stopping.

The laws of the game don't mention anything about the ball stopping moving or stopping forward progression or anything like that, that I can see on a brief skim read. It does say: "The referee decides when a penalty kick has been completed." So, quite simply, the referee decided the penalty...