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But that is still no excuse for the refs to be distracting the gk and then still allow the goal.



Absolutely correct. The refs have the authority to not allow the goal and make it be re-taken but no such actions happened. Personally, this free-kick should not have even occured. There was NO INTENTIONAL pass back to the keeper. The ball had bounced off numerous players from both sides and the last player it hit was a CN player and the ref made a very poor judgement of the situation...