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Originally Posted by jambutty
The linesman, or assistant referees as they are now known, was where he should have been and the ball appeared to travel a distance equal to or more than the circumference of the ball so I cannot see any other infringement.
I think that lancsdave is having us on and is having some perverse pleasure in making us search for an infringement that isn't there.
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Not quite perverse and I did say it was picky. The player didn't actually kick the ball he rolled it with the underside of his boot. It wasn't too long ago when referees were issued with directives to stop that happening at free kicks but it's also one of those directives which has been overlooked in the name of common sense.