The question: In football, if a direct free-kick goes straight into a team's own goal, what is awarded to the opposing team? 🤔 Even former professional footballer Bradley Walsh was in shock 🤐
Viewers of popular quiz show The Chase were left scratching their heads after a football-related question on what happens if a team puts a direct free-kick into their own goal produced a 'surprise' answer.Host of the show Bradley Walsh, who played professional football for Brentford in the late 70's, appeared in confident spirits when the following question appeared on screen.
Seconds later, the answer was revealed. If a direct free kick is kicked directly into the team's own goal, a corner kick is awarded to the opposing team. A red-faced Walsh couldn't quite believe that the 'archaic' rule existed."I'm not having that," he said, before the female contestant hit back,"Every day's a school day!"As you can see from the FA's website on the Laws of the Game, regulation 13 clearly states that if a direct free kick is kicked directly into the team's own goal, a corner kick is awarded to the opposing team.
And so do plenty of fans at home. One person on Twitter commented on the clip, saying:"Football fans, have you heard of this rule? This is scrambling my head," while another said:"I don’t understand why that wouldn’t just be an own goal?"A third wrote:"I heard about it, but thought that it was classic trolling, but I guess not.
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