The Football Review Committee (FRC) has tweaked regulations around the two-point score to prevent defending players from exploiting a loophole whereby touching the ball before it goes over the crossbar reduces the effort to just one point.
Several goalkeepers circumvented the rule on two-pointers this season by getting a hand on the ball as it went over the bar – which under the existing rules cut the shot to a one-point score.
However, ahead of Saturday’s meeting of special congress – at which votes will take place on introducing the FRC’s proposals on a permanent basis – there is an amendment proposed to remove that flaw in the rule.
The original directive stated the shot had to be kic
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