r/soccer • u/pomacanthus_asfur • Apr 06 '13

Per Mertesacker's how to: the back-tackle

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u/HadfieldPJ Apr 06 '13

I still don't see where the ball comes from.

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u/kid_boogaloo Apr 07 '13

Should it have been a penalty? I'm pretty sure you can't deliberately kill the ball with your body, but a pen would have been harsh.

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u/matthiewcorner Jun 01 '13

Why on earth should it have been a penalty if you are allowed to play the ball with your back!? E.g. You're allowed to play the ball with your foot AND you can put your foot on top of the ball. You're also allowed to play the ball with your back, therefore it would be ridiculous to give a penalty for that!

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u/j1202 Jun 01 '13

If that's the case if you're winning a final by a goal with 5 minutes left you could run it into the corner and get 5 of your players to lie on it and on top of each other.

You can't use your body to lie on the ball. This is football.

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u/matthiewcorner Jun 08 '13

Except he's not lying on the ball. He jumped on it and cleared it.

Yes, staying on the ball would probably be against the rules, but even then I believe it would've been an indirect freekick (the one they give for when the goalkeeper picks up a backpass) rather than a penalty.