Video: The strangest penalty kick in the world of football ... and its legal interpretation

Fans circulated on social media a video clip of a rare refereeing case in the world of football dating back to last year in a German second-division match between Hollestin Kiel and Bochum, when the referee awarded a penalty kick that is considered the strangest of its kind in stadiums.

The referee stopped the match in order to resort to video technology, amidst the players' amazement at the absence of any offense committed, but (the mouse) showed that one of Kiel's players during the warm-up had touched a ball that was shot by a Bochum player that lost its way and went out of the goal, as the Kiel player wanted to return it to the stadium quickly, but Repeats showed that he touched it before it crossed the boundaries of the field.

And according to the football law, the arbitration rule says: "If a substitute or dismissed player or any of the team officials intervenes in the game, the referee has the right to count a direct free kick or a penalty kick, depending on the location of the interference on the field."

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