Yes, it possible to score a goal from a goal kick but only in the opponent team’s goal. What you probably do not know is that if a player by accident or on purpose decides to kick the ball directly inside its own goal the referee will disallow the goal and, following the international Board…
Soccer Disciplinary Actions – Is it possible to keep all players in the event of a sent off?
Yes it is. If the player or players is/are sent off before the game starts, for instance while teams and referees warm up in the pitch. In this case, a player who has been sent off before the kick-off may be replaced only by one of the named substitutes. A named substitute who has been sent…
Soccer Rules – Goal Kicks and Offside
Following our last post on offside rules we said that there are three situations in which a player may receive the ball from a teammate’s kick and no offside could be signaled even if he is the nearest player to the opponent’s team goal and is not standing in its team half pitch. We then identified two of them.…
Soccer – Offside Rules in Detail
There are only three cases in which a player that has no opponents in front of him can receive the ball from a teammate’s kick and score without seeing the goal denied by offside. One is the situation where such player receives the ball while being positioned in its half of the pitch. The other…