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| (a) The referee stops play and the goal kick is retaken. |
| (b) Allow play to continue: the goal kick was in play once kicked and clearly moving. |
| (c) The referee stops play and awards a dropped ball. |
| (d) The referee stops play and an indirect free kick is awarded to the defending team. |
| Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
| (a) The referee sends off the substitute for violent conduct and awards an indirect free kick to be taken from where the ball was at the time play was stopped. |
| (b) The referee cautions the substitute for unsporting behaviour and awards an indirect free kick to be taken from the place the ball was at the time play was stopped. |
| (c) The referee sends off the substitute for violent conduct and awards a dropped ball to be taken from the place where the ball was at the time play was stopped. |
| (d) Send off for violent conduct and award a direct free kick where the object struck or would have struck the opponent, or a penalty if applicable. |
| Reference: LOTG page 89 - Play is restarted with an indirect free kick if a substitute or substituted player throws an object at an opponent standing inside the field of play and page 88 If while the ball is in play, a player, substitute or substituted player throws an object (including the ball) at an opponent or any other person the referee must stop play and if the offence was: using excessive force - send off the offender for violent conduct. |
| (a) Yes |
| (b) No |
| (c) Only to complete the first team. |
| (d) No answer is correct. |
| Reference: Law 3 - The Players |
| (a) Yes, always. |
| (b) No |
| (c) Yes, but only if he picks it up with his hands. |
| (d) Yes. The offence is committed by the player who deliberately kicked the ball. He is cautioned for unsporting behaviour. |
| Reference: LOTG Law 12 says ...it has been deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper by a team-mate. Comment: The ball is kicked (played with the foot, not the knee, thigh, or shin) by a teammate of the goalkeeper. See wiki page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-pass_rule |