Taking a free kick: can you referee this?
7 positions written by IFAB, from Law 13. Their words, their answer, shown in full as soon as you choose.
Question 1 of 7Law 13
A defender takes a direct free kick and passes the ball back to a goalkeeper. The goalkeeper fails to kick the ball and does not touch it. After that, the ball enters the goal. What is the correct decision?
The other categories
General 252Offside 42Handball 35Foul 6Misconduct 33Ball in and out of play 29Goalkeeper 27The referee: whistle, advantage, injuries 19Taking a penalty kick 18Denied a goal or clear chance 17Substitutions and extra persons 12Corner or goal kick 7
Every answer here is IFAB applying their own Laws rather than the Law itself. The clauses are on the Law pages, and the taking a free kick walk reasons a decision out one question at a time, citing the clause at each step.