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Message: [QUOTE="upperdeck, post: 3681817, member: 474"] So a random rules question. Watching the Man city game today,, the D passed it back to the goalie who picked it up.. So I take from the rule its not a penalty shot since they awarded a free kick.. The goalie picked it up just outside his goalie area, but they ruled he touched it about 20 ft further out as a free kick.. the D was standing a few ft in front of the goalline.. so say he touched it like 5 ft out of the goal.. the D would not have been able to create a wall true? they would have been inside the net at that point. Just wondering why they didnt actually put the free kick close to where he actually touched it? I was wondering why it wasnt a penalty kick for something like that? when i looked for this I found its an indirect free kick,, but thats not how it was played today. although the guy drilled it so maybe he was trying to kit someone with it. [/QUOTE]