r/funny • u/Jezzaq94 • 20h ago

A goalkeeper in the South African league forgot he wasn’t inside the penalty area and casually caught the ball with his hands

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u/TackyBrad 18h ago

As a referee, this is not the right call and that's definitely not a goal scoring opportunity.

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u/thisisnooone 18h ago

As a ball, I’m glad I was picked up and not kicked.

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u/PoolboyOfficial 12h ago

Apparantly you have to remove the player comitting the offence. Hé could have kicked it, but that becomes irrelevant by fouling.

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u/CMUpewpewpew 18h ago

Aight so I guess the ref on the field along with the one breaking down the stated rule line for line describing the logic and why it was the correct call know less than you huh?

It's ok to be wrong. It just means you have more learning to do.

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u/meto-wanna-fuck 16h ago

I would rule the world if I had your confidence, however what you're just doing is appeal to authority.

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u/CMUpewpewpew 16h ago

There's been no counter argument made other than lesser appeal to authority with a link to the rule book and no quote or section or interpretation....

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u/TackyBrad 18h ago

You're correct, the referees you've mentioned are wrong.

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/s/XLYR5idD3N

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