Soccer laws: Goal-kicks
One of the simplest laws in the game is the Goal Kick. If a ball gets kicked or deflected out of the field by an attacking player, it's a Goal Kick. But what about after that? What can you do with a Goal Kick? Are there any advantages other than the obvious (gaining possession of the ball)?
Perhaps the most unknown and unused subscript of the Goal Kick is the fact that an offside can not be called
by D. Victor
The goal-kick in soccer is one method of restarting play after the whole of the ball has crossed the entire width of the goal line.
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