Law 12 - the DOGSO 'bit':
Still not a caution for the second touch - the quote above from Law 12 clearly states the DOGSO caution comes into play when a penalty kick is awarded for an offence, so not for a second kick of a goal kick where an IDFK is awarded - how could it be a DOGSO if for example all the opposing opposing players are at the half way line at the taking of the goal kick?Denying a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO)
Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own
penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity
and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offender is cautioned if the offence
was an attempt to play the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling,
pushing, no possibility to play the ball etc.) the offending player must be sent off
I know we give refs a bashing a lot of the time, but he got this one right - to our benefit as well!