2 situations, give me your take on them 1) It's a very hot day, and the goalkeeper grabs a drink of water, the opponents begin attacking and when they start getting close he returns to the middle of the net, half bent over. The attackers reach the side of the box, and as the attacker crosses the ball into the box, the keeper collapses, the defender heads it away to the top of the box, which goes directly to an attacker, who proceeds to volley the ball into the empty net. Does the goal stand? If not, how is play restarted and where? 2) A penalty is awarded, and the player misses, the keeper catches it. The keepers' teammates come over to congratulate him for saving it, and one of their hands goes on the ball. What happens?
If the referee, observing that the keeper was injured, made the decision to stop play prior to the ball crossing the goal line, between the posts and under the crossbar, then a goal could not score and, after the keeper was attenddd to, the restart would be a dropped ball wherever the ball was when the referee made their decision, unless it was in the goal area, then it would be on the six. If on the other hand, the referee had not made his decision before the ball crossed the plane, then, after attending to the keeper, the restart would be a kick-off. Nothing happens. The prohibition is against deliberate handling (playing the ball with one's hands, as in parrying, catching, holding, punching, throwing, etc.). Then again, if the ball has somehow managed to store up a massive electrical charge, unknown to anyone and insulated by the keeper's gloves, a player touching it with his bare hands could be in for a nasty shock from the static discharge... Sherman
Well, as our friend Whipple notes, much depends on what the Referee observes, and when he makes his decisions. It also depends, in my humble opinion, on the age and skill-level of the players. Assuming a competitive level of play, if the Referee is doing his job properly, he probably would have noticed the Keeper's distress before the cross --- or, at the latest, at the defender's headed clearance --- and stopped play, before the play proceeded to the point of a shot; restart would be by dropped ball. If nothing became apparent before the shot...then the restart will be a kickoff, once the keeper is tended to. If the play involves smaller children....then play should be stopped immediately upon seeing the keeper on the ground. While the Refereee might allow play to continue for a short time in a more competitive match, the tactical situation on the field should have nothing to do with tending to a child in distress. I imagine that the keeper puts the ball back into play, amid much glee and merriment on the part of the defense...but I can't imagine a sane referee awarding a penalty kick for handling under these circumstances.