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Old Wed Oct 29, 2003, 08:56am
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Originally posted by axisbal13
The keeper was in front of attacker 1 on the ground. The defender behind him was no more than 3 feet away and appeared to be visually screened by attacker 1. The ball went directly between attacker 1 legs. Wouldn't that be considered as being involved in the play, even though attacker 2 wasn't passing the ball to him?
Sorry, can't visualize the play as follows. If the keeper was on the ground in front of #1, I can't see the ball going through #1 legs and into goal? If the other defender was farther from goal than #1 and so was #2, I can't see that defender being screend by #1?
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