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What changes the result

The rules behind the moments commentators get excited about. They build on the beginner rules.

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Fouls and restarts

  1. What does "voy" mean in blind football?A player going for the ball must call "voy", or a similar word, in time; not calling is a direct free kick foul.
  2. What is a double penalty in blind football?A double penalty is taken from the 8 m mark with no wall, or from the foul spot for some fouls nearer goal.
  3. When is a red card shown in blind football?A yellow card is shown for unsporting behaviour, dissent, persistent fouling, delaying a restart, not keeping distance, leaving or entering without permission or touching the eye equipment for advantage.
  4. What happens when the ball goes over the kickboard?When the whole ball goes over a kickboard, the opponents take a kick-in from where it went out, within 1 m of the board; no goal can come direct.

Tournaments

  1. How are drawn blind football matches decided?Group games give three points for a win and one for a draw.
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