anders t <anthu_001@-
nospam-hotmail.com> writes:
> What do you mean by obvious? Before you answered, did you actually look
> it up in the LOTG?
Technically speaking, PK shoot outs, or more properly called "Kicks from
the penalty mark", are not part of the Laws of the Game, but are in the
book in the "Procedures to determine the winner of a Match or
Home-and-away" section.
They can't be in the LOTG, as the game is "over" after the final whistle
and counts as a tie for all record keeping, PKs are only used to determine
who advances or gets the trophy.
Read pages 52 and 53 of the 2011/12 LOTG edition, available here:
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/generic/81/42/36/lawsofthegame_2011_12_en.pdf
Tap PKs are not addressed, but two bullets read:
- All players, except the players taking the kick and the two goal keepers,
must remain in the center circle.
- The goal-keeper who is the teammate of the kicker must remain on the
field of play, outside of the penalty area in which the kicks are taken,
on the goal line where it meets the penalty area boundary line.
which thus make tap PKs not possible.
-- HASM