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Are you sure? It really doesn't say 'moving towards the player's goal': Denying a goal or an obvious goalscoring opportunity There are two sending-off offences that deal with denying an opponent an obvious opportunity to score a goal. It is not necessary for the offence to occur inside the...

The laws of the game do not say a player has to be going directly towards goal, merely that the referee should consider the 'direction of play' when considering whether a clear goal scoring opportunity had been denied. The 'direction of play' guidance is to support the referee in deciding...