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Changes to the Laws of Our Beautiful Game - 2016/17





Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003
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Sadly still no laws that heavily punish players who cheat.
 




Aug 11, 2003
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The Open Market
Interesting to have clarity on some issues, and some fuming on others. A selection...

• If the referee plays advantage for a red card offence and the offending player then gets involved in play it is an indirect free-kick. That's going to play well with the crowd.

•*Striking on head/face when not challenging an opponent is a red card unless the contact is minimal/negligible

• Foul off the field as part of normal play will be penalised with a direct free kick on the boundary line at the point nearest to the offence (penalty kick if in offender’s own penalty area)

• Some DOGSO (denying obvious goalscoring opportunity - still nothing about 'the last man', which has never been the wording) offences in the penalty area are now punished with a yellow card. Red card remains for: handball, holding, pulling, pushing, not attempting or no possibility to play the ball

New Wording:
"Where a player denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-*‐scoring opportunity by a deliberate handball offence the player is sent off wherever the offence occurs.

Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-*‐scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offending player is cautioned unless:

The offence is holding, pulling or pushing or
The offending player does not attempt to play the ball or there is no possibility for the player making the challenge to play the ball or
The offence is one which is punishable by a red card wherever it occurs on the field of play (e.g. serious foul play, violent conduct etc..)

In all the above circumstances the player is sent off."

And one I didn't know...

• The ball must be stationary! (current Law does not require this!)
 



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