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Corner or goal kick: can you referee this?

7 positions written by IFAB, from Laws 16, 17. Their words, their answer, shown in full as soon as you choose.

Question 1 of 7Law 16

A goalkeeper takes a goal kick and then, before it has touched another player, the goalkeeper touches the ball again in the penalty area. How is play restarted? What is the sanction?

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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 12Taking a free 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 corner or goal kick walk reasons a decision out one question at a time, citing the clause at each step.