The following criteria are required to punish an
offense as an obvious goal-scoring opportunity:
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Direction
of play - the player must be running toward the opponents' goal, not toward
the goal line or the corner.
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Distance
from the ball - could the player have reached it to play it?
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Defenders
- The location and number of opponents able to participate
immediately (one or none between the player and the goal, in addition to the
opponent infringing Law XII).
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Distance
from the goal - the farther from the goal, the
less likely it that an obvious goal-scoring opportunity existed.
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