Last night during a game between “A” and “B”, one of the “A” players tried to purposely run into (with malice) one of the “B” players. Luckily the “B” player was turned in just the right direction so that most of the force of the blow was transferred into just having the “B” player spin a 360. However once he came out of the 360, the ball was right in front of him and he cleared it. Unfortunately for the (same) “A” player, the cleared ball caught him right where boys don’t like to get caught. The “A” player was carded for his part, but the “B” player was also carded (for what the ref said was retaliation). However at the time when “B” player tried to clear the ball, the whistle had not blown, so the ball was still in play. So my question is: if the ball is in play, can you ever be penalize for kicking the ball into another player?
