Not your everyday free kick

By: Bob | October 2nd, 2007

We’ve seen our share of trick free kicks, but perhaps never one as tricky as the effort in the video above. It comes from Greece where a player from Atromitos simply dribbles in the set piece much to the confusion of his opponents on AEL Larissa. The goal stood, Atromitos won the game 2-0 and presumably after the match the referee was sent away to a monastery where he was forced to read the rule book for the first time.



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  • Dex |  October 2nd, 2007 at 11:49 am

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    Luciano appears very happy to be a cheater. At first I thought the player running over the ball must have given it the slightest of touches, but he’s nowhere near it. I believe the rule states the ball must rotate a full circumference anyway. But any referees out there who want to be more specific, please chime in.

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  • Shazback |  October 2nd, 2007 at 4:48 pm

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    LAW 13 – FREE KICKS

    Types of Free Kicks

    Free kicks are either direct or indirect.

    For both direct and indirect free kicks, the ball must be stationary
    when the kick is taken and the kicker does not touch the ball a second
    time until it has touched another player.

    Happy cheating!

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  • John |  October 2nd, 2007 at 8:32 pm

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    Yup, that should’ve been turned over or rewarded to AEL Larissa as free kick.

    Reminds me of the “wrong ball” grid iron football play. Just wrong.

    Thanks for the story.

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  • Drabik |  October 3rd, 2007 at 2:15 am

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    How can you not know that rule really? Bad refereeing! No…Terrible refereeing!

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