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?
